Editing List of Scots

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This is a list of notable people from [[Scotland]].

==Actors==
{{Main|List of Scottish actors}}

==Architects and master masons==
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* [[James Adam (architect)|James Adam]] (1732–1794), son of William Adam
* [[John Adam (architect)|John Adam]] (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam
* [[Robert Adam]] (1728–1792), architect, son of William Adam
* [[William Adam (architect)|William Adam]] (1689–1748), father of James, John and Robert; architect and [[Stonemasonry|mason]]
* [[James Alison (architect)|James Alison]] (1862–1932), architect responsible for the appearance of late Victorian Hawick
* [[John Macvicar Anderson]] (1835–1915)
* [[Robert Rowand Anderson]] (1834–1921)
* [[George Ashdown Audsley]] (1838–1925), architect, artist, illustrator, writer, and [[Organ building|pipe organ designer]]
* [[William Audsley|William James Audsley]] (1833–1907)
* [[Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton]] (1874–1960), FRIBA
* [[John Baird I (1798-1859)|John Baird]] (1798–1859), influential figure in the development of Glasgow [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] and [[Victorian Architecture]]
* [[Andrew Balfour (architect)|Andrew Balfour]] (1863–1943), architect, work including [[Holmlea Primary School]], Glasgow 
* [[Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie]] (1900–1970), possibly the first woman to practise architecture in Scotland
* [[John Begg]] (1866–1937), architect who practised in London, [[Southern Africa|South Africa]] and [[Indian subcontinent|India]], and taught at [[Edinburgh College of Art]]
* [[William Binnie (architect)|William Bryce Binnie]] (c. 1885–c. 1963)
* [[Alexander Black (architect)|Alexander Black]] (c.1790–1858)
* [[Hippolyte Blanc]] (1844–1917)
* [[Thomas Bonnar]] (c.1770–1847), interior designer and architect
* [[James MacLellan Brown]] (c. 1886–1967), city architect of Dundee, designer of the [[Mills Observatory]]
* [[Thomas Brown (architect)|Thomas Brown]] (1781–1850), architect, works including Bellevue Church, Edinburgh
* [[Thomas Brown (prison architect)|Thomas Brown]] (1806–1872), architect notable for prison design
* [[George Washington Browne|Sir George Washington Browne]] (1853–1939)
* [[William Bruce (architect)|Sir William Bruce]] (c. 1630–1710)
* [[David Bryce]] (1803–1876)
* [[William Burn]] (1789–1870)
* [[John Burnet (architect)|John Burnet]] (1814–1901), architect who lived and practised in Glasgow
* [[Sir John James Burnet]] (1857–1938), Edwardian architect, son of John Burnet
* [[James Burton (property developer)|James Burton]] (1761–1837), famous London property developer and architect; father of [[Decimus Burton]] and [[James Burton (Egyptologist)|James Burton]] (Egyptologist)
* [[James Byres|James Byres of Tonley]] (1733–1817), architect, antiquary and dealer in Old Master paintings and antiquities
* [[Edward Calvert (architect)|Edward Calvert]] (c. 1847–1914)
* [[Charles Cameron (architect)|Charles Cameron]] (1743–1812)
* [[Alexander Buchanan Campbell]] (1914–2007)
* [[Alexander Lorne Campbell]] (1871–1944), architect founder of Scott & Campbell
* [[Colen Campbell]] (1676–1729)
* [[Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor|Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor]] (born 1962)
* [[John Campbell (architect)|John Campbell]] (1857–1942)
* [[John Chesser (architect)|John Chesser]] (1819–1892), architect largely based in Edinburgh
* [[Ninian Comper|Sir John Ninian Comper]] (1864–1960), [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival architect]] 
* [[George Corson]] (1829–1910)
* [[David Cousin]] (1809–1878), architect, landscape architect and planner
* [[James Craig (architect)|James Craig]] (1739–1795)
* [[James Hoey Craigie]] (1870–1930)
* [[Alexander Hunter Crawford]] (1865–1945), architect and businessman, owner of Crawford's Biscuits
* [[Alexander Davidson (architect)|Alexander Davidson]] (1839–1908), architect active in Australia
* [[William Gordon Dey]] (1911–1997), architect who specialised in college buildings
* [[John Douglas (Scottish architect)|John Douglas]] of Pinkerton (c.1709–1778), architect who designed and reformed several country houses 
* [[Robert Drummond of Carnock|Sir Robert Drummond of Carnock]] (died 1592), [[Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland]]
* [[James Dunbar-Nasmith|Sir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith]], (1927–2023), leading conservation architect
* [[Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects|Alan Dunlop]] (born 1958)
* [[John Murray Easton]] (1889–1975), architect, winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
* [[Alexander Edward]] (1651–1708), Episcopalian clergyman, draughtsman, architect and landscape designer
* [[Archibald Elliot]] (1760–1823)
* [[Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie]] (1883–1952), architect of the [[National Library of Scotland]]
* [[James Fergusson (architect)|James Fergusson]] (1808–1886)
* [[Claude Waterlow Ferrier]] (1879–1935), architect, specialising in the Art Deco style
* [[James Leslie Findlay]] (1868–1952)
* [[Kathryn Findlay]] (1953–2014)
* [[Robert Findlay (architect)|Robert Findlay]] (1859–1951)
* [[G. Topham Forrest|George Topham Forrest]] (1872–1945)
* [[William Fowler (architect)|William Fowler]] (1824–1906), architect 
* [[Malcolm Fraser (architect)|Malcolm Fraser]] (born 1959)
* [[Patrick Allan Fraser]] (1812–1890), architect and painter
* [[Andrew Frazer (British Army officer)|Andrew Frazer]] (died 1792)
* [[Thomas Gildard]] (died 1895), architect of [[Britannia Music Hall]]
* [[James Gibbs]] (1682–1754)
* [[Charles Lovett Gill]] (1880–1960)
* [[James Gowan]] (1923–2015), [[Postmodernism|postmodernist]] architect of the "engineering style"
* [[James Gowans (architect)|Sir James Gowans]] (1821–1890), maverick Edinburgh architect and builder
* [[James Gillespie Graham]] (1776–1855)
* [[John Edgar Gregan]] (1813–1855)
* [[David Hamilton (architect)|David Hamilton]] (1768–1843)
* [[James Hamilton of Finnart|Sir James Hamilton of Finnart]] (c. 1495–1540), Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland
* [[Thomas Hamilton (architect)|Thomas Hamilton]] (1784–1858)
* [[John Henderson (architect)|John Henderson]] (1804–1862), architect chiefly remembered as a church architect
* [[James Macintyre Henry]] (1852–1929)
* [[William Heste|William Hastie]] (1753/1763–1832)
* [[Gareth Hoskins]] (1967–2016), architect, UK Architect of the year 2006
* [[Edith Hughes (architect)|Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes]] (1888–1971), considered Britain's first practising woman architect, who established her own firm in 1920
* [[Ernest Auldjo Jamieson]] (1880–1937), architect specialising in country houses, largely for wealthy family friends
* [[George Meikle Kemp]] (1795–1844), carpenter, draughtsman, and architect, best known as the designer of the Scott Monument
* [[Robert Kerr (architect)|Robert Kerr]] (1823–1904), co-founder of the [[Architectural Association]]
* [[William Kininmonth (architect)|Sir William Hardie Kininmonth]] (1904–1988), architect whose work mixed a modern style with Scottish vernacular
* [[Alexander Laing (architect)|Alexander Laing]] (1752–1823), architect
* [[William Leiper]] (1839–1916)
* [[David Lennox]] (1788–1873), bridge-builder and master stonemason, working in Australia
* [[John Lessels]] (1809–1883)
* [[Ian Gordon Lindsay|Ian G Lindsay]] (1906–1966)
* [[Robert Lorimer]] (1864–1929)
* [[MacGibbon and Ross|David MacGibbon]] (1831–1902)
* [[Kate Macintosh]] (born 1937), architect of Dawson's Heights in [[Southwark]]
* [[Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie]] (1879–1963), architect, in London and Aberdeen
* [[Alexander Marshall Mackenzie]] (1848–1933)
* [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] (1868–1928), architect, designer and watercolourist; husband and business partner of Margaret McDonald
* [[James MacLaren (architect)|James Marjoribanks MacLaren]] (1853–1890), associated with the [[Arts and Crafts movement]] and [[Scottish Vernacular]] architecture
* [[Thomas MacLaren]] (1863–1928), architect who worked in worked in London, and the United States
* [[Andy MacMillan]] (1928–2014), architect, educator, writer and broadcaster
* [[Ebenezer James MacRae]] (1881–1951), City Architect for Edinburgh
* [[Thomas P. Marwick]] (1854–1927), architect based in Edinburgh, important to the architectural character of [[Marchmont]]
* [[Robert Matheson (architect)|Robert Matheson]] (1808–1877), architect and [[Clerk of Works]] for Scotland 
* [[Robert Matthew]] (1906–1975)
* [[John McAslan]], CBE (born 1954), designed many buildings around the world, such as the new departures concourse at [[London King's Cross railway station]], the Iron Market in [[Port-au-Prince]] and the Olympia Park in Moscow
* [[Alexander McGill (architect)|Alexander McGill]] (died 1734), mason and architect, who worked in partnership with James Smith
* [[James McKissack|James Mckissack]] (1875–1940), cinema architect 
* [[John McLachlan (architect)|John McLachlan]] (1843–1893), architect 
* [[George McRae]] (1858–1923), architect who migrated to Australia and pursued his career in Sydney
* [[Frank Charles Mears|Sir Frank Charles Mears]] (1880–1953)
* [[Adam Menelaws]] (born between 1748 and 1756–1831)
* [[James Miller (architect)|James Miller]] (1860–1947)
* [[Sydney Mitchell]] (1856–1930)
* [[Robert Morham]] (1839–1912), City Architect for Edinburgh
* [[Richard Murphy (architect)|Richard Murphy]] (born 1955), architect, winner of the 2016 RIBA House of the year 
* [[Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects|Gordon Murray]] (born 1954)
* [[James Murray (architect)|Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton]] (died 1634), master wright and architect
* [[John Mylne (d.1621)|John Mylne]] (died 1621), master mason
* [[John Mylne (d.1657)|John Mylne]] of Perth (c. 1585–1657), master mason
* [[John Mylne (1611–1667)|John Mylne]] (1611–1667), master mason and architect
* [[Robert Mylne (mason)|Robert Mylne]] (1633–1710), stonemason and architect, last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland
* [[Robert Mylne (architect)|Robert Mylne]] (1733–1811), architect and civil engineer, remembered for [[Blackfriars Bridge]], London
* [[Walter Newall]] (1780–1863)
* [[Peter Nicholson (architect)|Peter Nicholson]] (1765–1844)
* [[John Paterson (architect)|John Paterson]] (died 1832)
* [[Robert Hamilton Paterson]] (1843–1911), partner in the architectural practice, Hamilton-Paterson and Rhind
* [[David Paton (architect)|David Paton]] (1801–1882), architect and builder, who worked in the United States in the 1830s
* [[John Dick Peddie]] (1824–1891)
* [[John More Dick Peddie]] (1853–1921)
* [[Frederick Thomas Pilkington]] (1832–1898)
* [[James Playfair (architect)|James Playfair]] (1755–1794), father of William Henry
* [[William Henry Playfair]] (1790–1857)
* [[B. Marcus Priteca]] (1889–1971)
* [[Robert Reid Raeburn]] (1819–1888), architect who worked in and around Edinburgh
* [[Robert Reid (architect)|Robert Reid]] (1774–1856), King's architect and surveyor for Scotland
* [[David Rhind]] (1808–1883)
* [[James Robert Rhind]] (1854–1918)
* [[John Rhind (architect)|John Rhind]] (1836–1889), architect from Inverness
* [[George Richardson (architect)|George Richardson]] (c. 1737–c. 1813), architectural and decorative draftsman
* [[John Thomas Rochead]] (1814–1878)
* [[MacGibbon and Ross|Thomas Ross]] (1839–1930)
* [[Fred Rowntree]] (1860–1927), [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] architect
* [[Witold Rybczynski]] (born 1943)
* [[James Salmon (1873–1924)|James Salmon]] (1873–1924), grandson of James Salmon (1805–1888)
* [[James Salmon (1805–1888)|James Salmon]] (1805–1888), grandfather of James Salmon (1873–1924)
* [[William Schaw]] (c. 1550–1602), [[Master of Works to the Crown of Scotland|Master of Works]] to James VI of Scotland for building castles and palaces
* [[John Scrimgeour of Myres]] (fl. 16th century), Master of Work for royal buildings for James V and Mary, Queen of Scots
* [[James Robb Scott]] (1882–1965), chief architect of the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]]
* [[James Sellars]] (1843–1888)
* [[Richard Norman Shaw]] (1831–1912), architect known for his country houses and for commercial buildings
* [[Archibald Simpson]] (1790–1847), one of the major architects of [[Aberdeen]]
* [[James Smith (architect, died 1731)|James Smith]] (c. 1645–1731)
* [[James Smith of Jordanhill]] (1782–1867), architect, merchant, antiquarian, geologist, biblical critic and man of letters
* [[John Smith (architect)|John Smith]] (1781–1852), first official city architect of Aberdeen
* [[Robert Smith (architect)|Robert Smith]] (1722–1777), emigrant to America
* [[William Smith (architect)|William Smith]] (1817–1891)
* [[John Soutar]] (1881–1951)
* [[James Souttar]] (1840–1922), worked in [[Sweden]]
* [[Basil Spence]] (1907–1976)
* [[John James Stevenson]] (1831–1908)
* [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]] (1926–1992)
* [[John Tait (architect)|John Tait]] (1787–1856), architect based in Edinburgh
* [[Thomas S. Tait]] (1882–1954)
* [[Bruce James Talbert]] (1838–1881), architect and interior designer
* [[Andrew Taylor (architect)|Sir Andrew Thomas Taylor]] (1850–1937), architect and Conservative Party municipal councillor
* [[Alexander "Greek" Thomson]] (1817–1875)
* [[James Thomson (architect)|James Thomson]] (died 1927), City Engineer, City Architect, and Housing Director of Dundee
* [[Ramsay Traquair (architect)|Ramsay Traquair]], architect and academic with strong links to Canada
* [[James Campbell Walker]] (1821–1888), architect specialising in [[poorhouse]]s and schools
* [[William Wallace (mason)|William Wallace]] (died 1631)
* [[Frederick Walters]] (1849–1931), notable for Roman Catholic churches
* [[George Henry Walton]] (1867–1933)
* [[Thomas Lennox Watson]] (c. 1850–1920)
* [[William Weir (architect)|William Weir]] (1865–1950)
* [[Charles Wilson (Scottish architect)|Charles Wilson]] (1810–1863)
* [[Robert Wilson (architect)|Robert Wilson]] (1834–1901), architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education 
* [[George Wittet]] (1878–1926), architect working mostly in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India
* [[William Young (architect)|William Young]] (1843–1900), designer of [[Glasgow City Chambers]]

==Artists==

{{main|List of Scottish artists}}

==Businesspersons==
* [[Robert Aitken (publisher)|Robert Aitken]] (1734–1802), [[Philadelphia]] printer, the first to publish an English language Bible in the United States
*[[Alexander Aikman]] (1755–1838), Jamaican printer, newspaper publisher, and landowner.
*[[Arthur Anderson (businessman)|Arthur Anderson]] (1792–1868), co-founder of P&O
* [[Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)|Alexander Arbuthnot]] (died 1585), printer, work including [[George Buchanan]]'s first History of Scotland
* [[George Gough Arbuthnot|Sir George Gough Arbuthnot]] (1848–1929), businessman and civic leader in [[British India]]
* [[John Bartholomew, Sr.]] (1805–1861), cartographer and engraver, founder of [[John Bartholomew and Son Ltd.|John Bartholomew and Son Ltd]]
* [[John Bartholomew|John Bartholomew Jr.]] (1831–1893), cartographer
* [[John Christopher Bartholomew]] (1923–2008), cartographer and geographer
* [[John George Bartholomew]] (1860–1920), cartographer and geographer
* [[John (Ian) Bartholomew]] (1890–1962), cartographer and geographer
* [[William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn]] (1856–1936), founder of [[William Beardmore and Company]] engineers and shipbuilders
* [[James Gordon Bennett, Sr.]] (1795–1872), founder and publisher of the ''[[New York Herald]]''
* [[Alexander Berry]] (1781–1873), town of [[Berry, New South Wales|Berry]] is named after him, possibly the first millionaire in Australia
* [[David Berry (landowner)|David Berry]] (1795–1889), livestock breeder, landowner and benefactor; brother of Alexander Berry
* [[Peter Buchan]] (1790–1854), editor, publisher, and collector of ballads and folktales
* [[David Dunbar Buick|David Buick]] (1854–1929), founded the Buick car company
* [[Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet]] (1795–1890), shipping magnate
* [[James Burns (Australian shipowner)|Sir James Burns]] (1846–1923), businessman, shipowner and philanthropist in Australia
* [[James Burns (Scottish shipowner)|James Burns]] (1789–1871), shipowner born in Glasgow
* [[John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde]] (1829–1901), shipowner, chairman of [[Cunard Line|Cunard]]
* [[Agnes Campbell (printer)|Agnes Campbell, Lady Roseburn]] (1637–1716), printer, described as "Scotland's wealthiest early modern printer".
* [[Andrew Carnegie]] (1835–1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
* [[Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto]] (1879–1959), businessman, Governor of the Bank of England.
* [[William Chambers (publisher)|William Chambers of Glenormiston]] (1800–1883), publisher
* Sir [[Arnold Clark]] (1928–2017), founder of Arnold Clark motor group
* [[Catherine Cranston]] (1849–1934), leading figure in the development of [[tea rooms]], patron of [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] and others
* [[William Cunninghame]] of Lainshaw (1731–1799), tobacco merchant
* [[David Dale]] (1739–1806), merchant and businessman, established the weaving community of [[New Lanark]]
* [[William Davidson (lumberman)|William Davidson]] (1740–1890), entrepreneur and founder of the first colony in New Brunswick, Canada
* [[Adam Dawson (distiller)|Adam Dawson]] (1793–1873), [[Linlithgow]] and owner of [[St Magdalene distillery]]
* [[George Dempster of Dunnichen]] and Skibo (1732–1818), advocate, landowner, agricultural improver, politician and business man
* [[Peter Denny]] (1821–1895), shipbuilder and shipowner, with [[William Denny and Brothers]]
* [[John Dewar, Sr.]] (1805–1880), founder of [[John Dewar & Sons]], Scotch whisky distillers
* Dr. [[Henry Duncan (1774–1846)|Henry Duncan]] (1774–1846), Church of Scotland Minister; started the world's first savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway
* [[John Elder (shipbuilder)|John Elder]] (1824–1869), marine engineer and shipbuilder
* Sir [[Tom Farmer]] (born 1940), entrepreneur
* [[Robert Fleming (financier)|Robert Fleming]] (1845–1933), financier, founder of [[Robert Fleming & Co.]] [[merchant bank]]
* [[B. C. Forbes]] (1880–1954), founder of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine
* [[Alexander Fordyce]] (died 1789), banker, involved in the [[bank run]] on [[Neal, James, Fordyce and Down]] in 1772
* [[Hugh Fraser (retailer)|Hugh Fraser]] (1817–1853), founder of [[House of Fraser]] group of department stores
* [[Anita Frew|Anita Margaret Frew]] (born 1957), businessperson
* [[Martin Gilbert (businessman)|Martin Gilbert]] (born 1955), Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management
* [[James Gillespie (philanthropist)|James Gillespie]] (1726–1797), [[Snuff (tobacco)|snuff-maker]] and philanthropist
* [[Ann Gloag]] (born 1942), co-founder of Stagecoach Group, born in Perth
* [[Thomas Blake Glover]] (1838–1911), Nagasaki-based trader in 19th-century Japan
* [[Robert Gordon (philanthropist)|Robert Gordon]] (1668–1731), founder of the [[Robert Gordon University]]
* [[Angus Grossart|Sir Angus Grossart]] (1937–2022), chairman of merchant bank Noble Grossart
* [[Andrew Halyburton]] (died 1507), merchant, 'Conservator of the Scottish privileges in the [[Low Countries]]'
* [[Willie Haughey]] (born 1956), entrepreneur and founder of City Refrigeration Holdings
* [[George Heriot]] (1563–1624), goldsmith and founder of [[George Heriot's School]]
* [[Tom Hunter]] (born 1961), entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Sports Division
* [[John Lawson Johnston]] (1839–1900), creator of [[Bovril]]
* [[Irvine Laidlaw]] (born 1942), Scotland's 6th richest man and founder of the modern conference company
* [[John Law (economist)|John Law]] (1671–1729), advocate of paper money and founder of the [[Mississippi Company]]
* Sir [[Thomas Lipton]] (1848–1931), founder of Lipton's Tea
* [[George Mathewson|Sir George Mathewson]], (born 1940), former chairman of the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]
* [[Jim McColl]] (born 1951), founder of Clyde Blowers
* [[William McEwan]] (1827–1913), founder of [[McEwans]] brewers
* [[Stewart Milne]] (born 1950), founder of Stewart Milne Group and majority shareholder of [[Aberdeen F.C.]]
* [[Michelle Mone]] (born 1971), founder of [[Ultimo (lingerie)|Ultimo]]
* Sir [[David Murray (Scottish businessman)|David Murray]] (born 1951), founder of Murray International Metals
* [[Thomas Napier (builder)|Thomas Napier]] (1802–1881), builder, emigrant to Australia
* [[William Paterson (banker)|William Paterson]] (1658–1719), founder of [[Bank of Scotland]] and [[Bank of England]]
* [[Alexander Cameron Sim]] (1840–1900), pharmacist and entrepreneur active in Japan, founder of the [[Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club]]
* [[Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin]] (born 1944), Chair of the [[Green Investment Bank]]
* [[Brian Souter]] (born 1954), entrepreneur and co-founder of [[Stagecoach Group]]
* [[James Stirling (1800–1876)|James Stirling]] (1800–1876), builder of [[steam locomotive]]s, brother of [[Robert Stirling]]
* [[Thomas Sutherland (banker)|Thomas Sutherland]] (1834–1922), founder of [[The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]] and [[HSBC Holdings plc]]
* [[David Couper Thomson]] (1861–1954), proprietor of the newspaper and publishing company [[D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]]
* [[George Thomson (shipbuilder)|George Thomson]] (1815–1866), marine engineer and shipbuilder
* [[William Walls]] (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist, influenced the development of 19th-century Glasgow
* [[William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir|William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir]] (1877–1959), industrialist, engineer and politician
* [[George Watson (accountant)|George Watson]] (1654–1723), first chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland; founder of [[George Watson's College]]
* [[Wilson, Sons]], founded in 1837 by Edward and Fleetwood Pellow Wilson; one of South America's largest shipping brokers
* [[Andrew Yule]] (1834–1902), businessman who founded [[Andrew Yule and Company]] in India
* [[Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet]] (1858–1928), businessman based in India
* [[George Yule (businessman)|George Yule]] (1829–1892), merchant in England and India, fourth President of the [[Indian National Congress]]

==Composers==
* [[Robert Burns]] (1759–1796)
* [[Robert Carver (composer)|Robert Carver]] (c. 1485–c. 1570)
* [[Ronald Center]] (1913–1973)
* [[Erik Chisholm]] (1904–1965)
* [[James Clapperton]] (born 1968)
* [[Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet|John Clerk of Penicuik]] (1676–1755)
* [[James Dillon (composer)|James Dillon]] (born 1950)
* [[Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie]] (1732–1781)
* [[Iain Hamilton (composer)|Iain Hamilton]] (1922–2000)
* [[Tobias Hume]] (c.1579–1645)
* [[Hamish MacCunn]] (1868–1916)
* [[John Blackwood McEwen]] (1868–1948)
* [[Edward McGuire (composer)|Edward McGuire]] (born 1948)
* [[Alexander Mackenzie (composer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] (1847–1935)
* [[Charles Macintosh (composer and naturalist)|Charles Macintosh]] (1839–1922), composer, performer and naturalist
* [[Robert Mackintosh]] (c.1745–1807)
* [[James MacMillan (musician)|James MacMillan]] (born 1959)
* [[Stuart MacRae (composer)|Stuart MacRae]] (born 1976)
* [[William Marshall (Scottish composer)|William Marshall]] (1748–1833)
* [[John McLeod (composer)|John McLeod]] (1934–2022)
* [[Gordon McPherson]] (born 1965)
* [[Stuart Mitchell]] (born 1965)
* [[Thea Musgrave]] (born 1928)
* [[James Oswald (composer)|James Oswald]] (1710–1769)
* [[Morris Pert]] (1947–2010)
* [[Francis George Scott]] (1880–1958)
* [[James Scott Skinner]] (1843–1927), composer, dancing master, and fiddler
* [[Robert Archibald Smith]] (1780–1829), composer known for his collection ''Scotish {{sic|hide=y}} Minstrel''
* [[Ronald Stevenson]] (1928–2015)
* [[William Sweeney (composer)|William Sweeney]] (born 1950)
* [[Julian Wagstaff]] (born 1970)
* [[William Wallace (Scottish composer)|William Wallace]] (1860–1940)
* [[Judith Weir]] (born 1954)
* [[Thomas Wilson (composer)|Thomas Wilson]] (1927–2001)

==Criminals==
* [[Kinmont Willie Armstrong|William Armstrong of Kinmont]] (Kinmont Willie) (fl. 16th century), [[border reiver]]
* [[Sawney Bean]], semi-mythical head of a clan in 15th- or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for mass murder and [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]]
* [[Bible John]], nickname of supposed serial killer 
* [[Robert Black (serial killer)|Robert Black]] (born 1947), [[serial killer]] convicted of the [[kidnapping]] and murder of four girls
* [[Geordie Bourne]] (died 1597), border reiver
* [[Moors murders|Ian Brady]] (1938–2017), one of the Moors murderers
* [[William Brodie|Deacon Brodie]] (1741–1788), Edinburgh city councillor and burglar
* [[Michael Brown (fraudster)|Michael Brown]] (born 1966), [[fraudster]]
* [[Henry John Burnett]] (1942–1963), murderer, last man to be hanged in Scotland
* [[Francis Charteris (rake)|Colonel Francis Charteris]] (c. 1675–1732), nicknamed "The Rape-Master General"
* [[Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar]] (died 1612), peer, executed for the murder of a fencing teacher, John Turner
* [[Minnie Dean|Williamina "Minnie" Dean]] (1844–1895), emigrant to [[New Zealand]], found guilty of [[infanticide]] and hanged; the only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand
* [[William Duff (dentist)|William John Duff]] (born 1962), dentist convicted for fraud and reckless endangerment
* [[Paul Ferris (Scottish writer)|Paul John Ferris]] (born 1963), gangster and author
* [[Donald Forbes]] (1935–2008), murderer, convicted of two separate murders
* [[Arthur Furguson]] (1883–1938), [[con artist]]
* [[Jimmy Gauld]] (1931–2004), footballer and [[match fixing]] ringleader
* [[John Gow]] (c. 1698–1725), notorious [[pirate]]
* [[Sir Robert Graham|Sir Robert Graham of Kinpont]] (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
* [[Sir Archibald Grant, 2nd Baronet|Sir Archibald Grant 2nd Baronet]] (1696–1778), fraudster, expelled from parliament, and agricultural improver
* [[David Haggart]] (1801–1821), thief and murderer
* [[Archibald Hall]] (a.k.a. Roy Fontaine) (1924–2002), serial killer and thief
* [[James Hamilton (assassin)|James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and Woodhouselee]] (died 1581) assassin of [[James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray]], Regent of Scotland
* [[Dunblane school massacre|Thomas Watt Hamilton]] (1952–1996), perpetrator of the Dunblane school massacre
* [[John the Painter]] (1752–1777), highwayman, burglar, shoplifter, robber, and rapist, who committed acts of terror in British naval dockyards in 1776–77
* [[William Kidd]] (1645–1701), mutineer and pirate
* [[Sonny Leitch]] (born c. 1933), career criminal and [[Prison escape|jailbreaker]]
* [[James MacLaine|"Captain" James MacLaine]] (1724–1750), [[highwayman]], known as the "Gentleman Highwayman"
* [[Jamie Macpherson]] (1675–1700), outlaw
* [[Peter Manuel]] (1927–1958), serial killer
* [[John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell]] (c. 1583–1613), Catholic nobleman, murderer of the Laird of Johnstone
* [[House of Blood murders|Edith McAlinden]] (born 1968), murderer, guilty of triple murder in Glasgow
* [[Ian McAteer]] (born 1961), Glasgow gangster
* [[William McCoy (mutineer)|William McCoy]] (c. 1763 – 1798), sailor and a mutineer on board [[Mutiny on the Bounty|HMS ''Bounty'']]
* [[Thomas McGraw]] (1952–2007), known as "The Licensee" or "Wan-Baw McGraw", gangster 
* [[Frank McPhee]] (1948–2000), Glasgow gangland boss
* [[Patrick Meehan]] (1927–1994), safe blower, convicted of murder but given a royal pardon
* [[Anthony Miller (murderer)|Anthony Joseph Miller]] (1941–1960), the last teenager to be executed in the United Kingdom
* [[Robert Mone]] (born 1948), convicted murderer
* [[James Morrison (mutineer)|James Morrison]] (1760–1807) seaman and mutineer who took part in the Mutiny on the Bounty
* [[Susan Newell]] (1893–1923), murderer, the last woman to be hanged in Scotland
* [[Dennis Nilsen]] (born 1945), serial killer
* [[Colin Norris]] (born 1976), nurse convicted of murdering four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds
* [[Dora Noyce]] (1900–1977), Edinburgh brothel keeper
* [[Johnny Ramensky]] (1905–1972), career criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities as a commando during World War II
* [[Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill]] (c. 1505–1576), lord of Parliament, murderer
* [[Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl]] (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
* [[Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl]] (died 1437), assassin of James I of Scotland
* [[Arthur Thompson (gangster)|Arthur Thompson]] (1931–1993), Glasgow gangster
* [[Peter Tobin]] (born 1946), convicted serial killer and sex offender
* [[Andrew Walker (murderer)|Andrew Walker]] (1954–2021), army corporal who killed three colleagues in a payroll robbery

==Economists==
* Sir [[Kenneth Alexander (economist)|Kenneth Alexander]] (1922–2001), university administrator
* [[Adam Anderson (economist)|Adam Anderson]] (1692/1693–1765), economic historian
* [[Duncan Black]] (1908–1991), social choice theorist
* Sir [[Alexander Cairncross (economist)|Alexander Cairncross]] (1911–1998), founder of the UK [[Government Economic Service]]
* [[Frances Cairncross|Frances Anne Cairncross]] (born 30 August 1944), economist, journalist and academic
* [[John Marcus Fleming]] (1911–1976), IMF deputy director of research
* [[David Greenaway (economist)|David Greenaway]] (born 1952), university administrator
* [[John Law (economist)|John Law]] (c. 1671–1729), founder of [[Banque Générale]] in France
* [[James Loch]] (1780–1855), economist, advocate, barrister, estate commissioner and Member of Parliament
* [[Joseph Lowe (economist)|Joseph Lowe]] (died 1831), journalist and [[political economy|political economist]]
* [[Ronald MacDonald (economist)|Ronald MacDonald]] (born 1955)
* [[Henry Dunning Macleod]] (1821–1902), credit theorist
* [[Ailsa McKay]] (1963–2014), [[Feminist economics|feminist economist]], Professor of Economics at [[Glasgow Caledonian University]] and United Nations adviser
* [[Sir James Mirrlees]] (1936–2018), Nobel Laureate
* [[Anton Muscatelli]] (born 1962), Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Glasgow]]
* [[Brian Quinn (economist)|Brian Quinn]] (born 1936), former Deputy Governor of [[the Bank of England]] and Chairman of Celtic FC
* [[John Rae (economist)|John Rae]] (1796–1872), polymath
* [[Gavin Clydesdale Reid]] (born 1946)
* [[Adam Smith]] (1723–1790), moral philosopher, author of ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]'', the first modern work on economics

==Engineers and inventors==
{{Further|Scottish inventions and discoveries}}
* [[James Abernethy]] (1814–1896), civil engineer
* [[Neil Arnott]] (1788–1874), physician and inventor of the [[Arnott waterbed]]
* Sir [[William Arrol]] (1839–1913), bridge builder
* [[Alexander Bain (inventor)|Alexander Bain]] (1810–1877), inventor and engineer, first to invent and patent the electric clock and fax machine
* [[Charles Baird (engineer)|Charles Baird]] (1766–1843), engineer who played an important part in the industrial and business life of [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]
* [[Francis Baird]] (1802–1864), engineer in St. Petersburg; son of Charles Baird
* [[Hugh Baird (engineer)|Hugh Baird]] (1770–1827), civil engineer, who designed and built the [[Union Canal (Scotland)|Union Canal]]
* [[John Logie Baird]] (1888–1946), television
* [[Nicol Hugh Baird]] (1796–1849), surveyor, engineer and inventor who emigrated to Canada
* [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847–1922), telephone, National Geographic Society, hydrofoil
* [[Henry Bell (engineer)|Henry Bell]] (1767–1830), ran Europe's first commercially successful steamboat
* [[Patrick Bell|Rev Patrick Bell]] (1799–1869), Church of Scotland minister, and inventor of the [[reaping machine]]
* [[Bennie Railplane|George Bennie]] (1891–1957), the Bennie Railplane
* [[Sir James Black]] (1924–2010), beta-blockers
* [[Robert Blair (astronomer)|Robert Blair]] (1748–1828), aplanatic telescope
* [[Benjamin Blyth]] (1819–1866), civil engineer
* [[Benjamin Blyth II]] (1849–1917), civil engineer
* [[Thomas Bouch|Sir Thomas Bouch]] (1822–1880), railway engineer, designer of the original [[Tay Rail Bridge]] 
* [[Robert Henry Bow]] (1827–1909), civil engineer and photographer
* [[James Braid (surgeon)|James Braid]] (1795–1860), hypnosis
* [[James Bremner]] (1784–1856), naval architect, harbour builder and ship-raiser
* [[David Brewster]] (1781–1868), lenticular stereoscope
* [[George Brown (inventor)|George Brown]] (1650–1730), [[arithmetic]]ian and inventor
* [[Walter Brown (mathematician)|Walter Brown]] (1886–1957), engineer and mathematician
* [[George Bruce of Carnock|Sir George Bruce]] of [[Carnock]] (c.1550–1625), merchant and mining engineer
* [[Richard Henry Brunton]] (1841–1901), "father of Japanese lighthouses"
* [[Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan]] (1899–1985), civil engineer, first woman member of the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]]
* [[Duncan Cameron (Scottish inventor)|Duncan Cameron]] (1825–1901), inventor of the "Waverley" pen [[Nib (pen)|nib]], owner of ''[[The Oban Times]]'' newspaper
* [[James Chalmers (inventor)|James Chalmers]] (1782–1853), adhesive postage stamp
* [[Dugald Clark|Sir Dugald Clark]] (a.k.a. ''Clerk'') (1854–1932), first [[two stroke cycle]] engine (the [[Clark cycle]])
* [[Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald]] (1749–1831), made many general useful inventions, particularly in the navy
* [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald]] (1775–1860), designed many inventions to do with naval technology and steam engines
* [[James C. Crow|Dr James C. Crow]] (1789–1856), creator of the [[sour mash]] process for creating [[bourbon whiskey]]
* [[Robert Davidson (inventor)|Robert Davidson]] (1804–1894), first [[electric locomotive]]
* [[James Dewar]] (1842–1923), inventor of the [[vacuum flask|Thermos flask]] and co-developer of [[cordite]]
* [[William Dickson (film pioneer)|William Dickson]] (1860–1935), motion picture camera and the [[Dickson Greeting|world's first film]]
* [[Thomas Drummond|Captain Thomas Drummond]] (1797–1840) army officer, civil engineer, and pioneer in use of the [[Drummond light]]
* [[Victoria Drummond]] (1894–1978), marine engineer, first woman member of [[Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology]]
* [[John Boyd Dunlop]] (1840–1921), the modern rubber tyre
* [[Henry Dyer]] (1848–1918), engineer, contributor to Western-style [[technical education in Japan]]
* [[Peter Fairbairn|Sir Peter Fairbairn]] (1799–1861), engineer and inventor, and mayor of [[Leeds, West Yorkshire]]
* [[William Fairbairn|Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet (of Ardwick)]] (1789–1874), civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder
* [[Patrick Ferguson]] (1744–1780), the [[Ferguson rifle]]
* [[Alexander Fleming|Sir Alexander Fleming]] (1881–1955), isolated [[penicillin]] from the fungus ''[[Penicillium notatum]]''
* [[Sandford Fleming|Sir Sandford Fleming]], (1827–1915), engineer and inventor, who emigrated to Canada; he proposed worldwide standard [[time zones]], and engineered much of the [[Intercolonial Railway]] and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]
* [[Alexander John Forsyth]] (1768–1843), Presbyterian clergyman who invented the [[percussion cap]]
* [[William George Nicholson Geddes]] (1913–1993), civil engineer
* [[David Gow]] (born 1957), inventor of the i-Limb [[prosthetic]] hand
* [[Thomas Lomar Gray]] (1850–1908), engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology
* [[James Gregory (mathematician)|James Gregory]] (1638–1675), the [[Gregorian telescope]]
* [[Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane]] (1897–1981), engineer
* [[William Handyside]] (1793–1850), engineer involved in important construction projects in St. Petersburg
* [[James Harrison (engineer)|James Harrison]] (1816–1893), pioneer in mechanical [[refrigeration]]
* [[George Johnston (engineer)|George Johnston]] (1855–1945), engineer, designer and constructor of Scotland's first automobile
* [[James Kennedy (engineer)|James Kennedy]] (1797–1886), locomotive and marine engineer
* [[David Kirkaldy]] (1820–1897), engineer, whose pioneering testing works now houses the [[Kirkaldy Testing Museum]]
* [[James Bowman Lindsay]] (1799–1862), inventor of the constant electric [[light bulb]]
* [[Charles Macintosh]] (1766–1843), patented waterproofing
* [[Kirkpatrick MacMillan]] (1813–1878), bicycle
* [[John Loudon McAdam]] (1756–1836), modern road construction
* Sir [[Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet|Robert McAlpine]] (''Concrete Bob'') (1847–1934), road builder
* [[Thomas McCall (inventor)|Thomas McCall]] (1834–1904), [[Wainwright (occupation)|cartwright]], developer of the bicycle
* [[Andrew Meikle]] (1719–1811), mechanical engineer, inventor of the [[threshing machine]]
* [[Patrick Miller of Dalswinton|Patrick Miller]] (1730–1815), steamboat pioneer
* [[Thomas Morton (shipwright)|Thomas Morton]] (1781–1832), [[shipwright]] and inventor of the [[patent slip]]
* [[William Murdoch]] (1754–1839), pioneer of [[gas lighting]]
* [[David Napier (marine engineer)|David Napier]] (1790–1869), marine engineer
* [[David Napier (precision engineer)|David Napier]] (1785–1873), engineer, founder of [[D. Napier & Son]], an early precision engineering company which later made automobiles and aero engines
* [[James Robert Napier]] (1821–1879), engineer and inventor of Napier's diagram
* [[John Napier]] (1550–1617), [[Logarithm]]
* [[Robert Napier (engineer)|Robert Napier]] (1791–1876), marine engineer, "the father of Clyde Shipbuilding"
* [[Robert D. Napier]] (1821–1885), engineer
* [[James Nasmyth]] (1808–1890), [[steam hammer]]
* [[Robert Stirling Newall]] (1812–1889), engineer, improved wire rope and submarine cable laying
* [[James Newlands]] (1813–1871), civil engineer, Borough Engineer of Liverpool as Borough Engineer
* [[Murdoch Paterson]] (1826–1898), Inverness engineer and architect, chief engineer of the [[Highland Railway]]
* [[William Paterson (banker)|William Paterson]] (1658–1719), the [[Bank of England]]
* [[William John Macquorn Rankine]] (1820–1872), developed a complete theory of the steam engine and indeed of all heat engines
* [[John Rennie the Elder]] (1761–1821), engineer, designer of the "new" [[London Bridge#"New" (19th-century) London Bridge|19th-century London Bridge]]
* [[John Shepherd-Barron]] (1925–2010), inventor of the [[automatic teller machine]]
* [[Hugh Smellie]] (1840–1891), engineer, [[Chief mechanical engineer|Locomotive Superintendent]]
* [[Thomas Smith (engineer)|Thomas Smith]] (1752–1814), early [[lighthouse]] engineer
* [[Charles Spalding]] (1738–1783), [[Edinburgh]] confectioner and improver of the [[diving bell]]
* [[Alan Stevenson]] (1807–1865), lighthouse engineer
* [[Charles Alexander Stevenson]] (1855–1950), lighthouse engineer
* [[David Stevenson (engineer)|David Stevenson]] (1815–1886), lighthouse designer
* [[David Alan Stevenson]] (1854–1938), lighthouse engineer
* [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]] (1772–1850), civil engineer, designer and builder of lighthouses
* [[Thomas Stevenson]] (1818–1887), pioneering lighthouse designer and meteorologist; father of [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
* [[Matthew Stirling (railway engineer)|Matthew Stirling]] (1856–1931), Locomotive Superintendent of the [[Hull and Barnsley Railway]] 
* [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] (1820–1895), railway engineer, and Locomotive Superintendent of the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]]
* [[Robert Stirling|Reverend Dr Robert Stirling]] (1790–1878), clergyman, and inventor of the [[Stirling engine]]
* [[William Symington]] (1764–1831), engineer, built the first practical steam boat
* [[Thomas Telford]] (1757–1834), architect, civil engineer, bridge designer
* [[Robert William Thomson]] (1822–1873)
* Sir [[Robert Watson-Watt]] (1893–1973), developed radar
* [[James Watt]] (1736–1819), engineer, significantly improved the steam engine
* [[James Young (Scottish chemist)|James Young]] (1811–1883), invented a way of extracting paraffin oil

==Explorers==
* [[Albert Armitage]] (1864–1943), [[Royal Navy Captain]] who was part of the [[Jackson–Harmsworth expedition|Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition]], which explored [[Franz Josef Land]] and rescued [[Fridtjof Nansen]] and his men from certain death; later part of the [[Discovery Expedition]] in [[Antarctica]]
* [[John Arthur (missionary)|John Arthur]], OBE (1881–1952), British Army Captain and medical missionary for over thirty years in [[Kenya]]; known simply as ''Doctor Arthur'' to generations of [[Ethnic groups of Africa|Africans]]
* [[William Balfour Baikie]] (1824–1864), naturalist, philologist and surgeon on the 1854 [[Niger River|Niger]] Expedition; explored the [[Benue River]] and helped open up [[Nigeria]] to [[British Empire|British]] trade while supporting the abolition of the [[Slavery in Africa|slave trade]]
* [[Peter Belches]] (1796–1890), Royal Navy Lieutenant who explored the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] and its surrounding area while aboard Admiral [[James Stirling (Royal Navy officer)|Sir James Stirling]]'s {{HMS|Success|1825|6}}
* [[Alexander Berry]] (1781–1873), merchant and surgeon who established the first [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] settlement on the south coast of [[New South Wales]]
* [[Henry Robertson Bowers]] (1883–1912), Royal Navy Lieutenant who was part of the ill-fated [[Terra Nova Expedition]], which attempted to be the first to reach the [[South Pole]]
* [[Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Caithness)|Robert Brown]] (1842–1895), scientist, explorer, and author
* [[James Bruce]] (1730–1794), traveller and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and then [[Ethiopia]], where he traced the origins of the [[Blue Nile]]
* [[William Speirs Bruce]] (1867–1921), naturalist, oceanographer, polar scientist and leader of the [[Scottish National Antarctic Expedition]]; established the first permanent [[weather station]] there and became the first to widely explore the [[Weddell Sea]]
* [[David Buchan]] (1780–1838), Royal Navy Captain who conducted expeditions in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] and [[Spitsbergen]]
* Sir [[Alexander Burnes]] (1805–1841), diplomat and explorer of [[Afghanistan]]
* [[Colin Campbell (Swedish East India Company)|Colin Campbell]] (1686–1757), entrepreneur, merchant and co-founder of the [[Swedish East India Company]], the largest trading company in [[Sweden]] throughout the 18th century; [[Frederick I of Sweden|King Frederick I of Sweden]]'s ambassador to the [[Emperor of China]]
* [[Hugh Clapperton]] (1788–1827), Royal Navy Captain and traveller who explored many lakes and rivers in Africa; one of the first [[white people]] to see [[Lake Chad]]
* [[John Dundas Cochrane]] (1793–1825), Royal Navy Captain and traveller who crossed [[Eurasia]] on foot to reach the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]
* [[William Cormack]] (1796–1868), agriculturalist, author and philanthropist; first European to explore the interior of Newfoundland and Labrador, while also building friendly relations with the native [[Beothuk people]]
* [[Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham]] (1852–1936), ''Don Roberto'', adventurer, journalist, politician and writer who carried out many activities in [[Argentina]], Mexico, [[Morocco]], Spain and the United States
* [[David Douglas (botanist)|David Douglas]] (1799–1834), botanist and gardener who explored parts of the remote [[Scottish Highlands]], as well as North America and Hawaii; second person to summit [[Mauna Loa]] volcano; introduced hundreds of plants to Great Britain, including the [[Douglas fir]]
* [[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton|Douglas Douglas–Hamilton]] (1903–1973), ''Lord Clydesdale'', aviator and the first to see [[Mount Everest]] from above while carrying out the first detailed scientific survey of the [[Himalayas]], the extremities he endured also helped demonstrate the need for [[Cabin pressurization|pressurised cabins]] inside aircraft
* [[Alexander Forbes (explorer)|Alexander Forbes]] (1778–1862), author and merchant; first British consul to [[Mexico]]; published one of the first accounts in English of California (then a province of Mexico)
* [[Henry Ogg Forbes]] (1851–1932), botanist and ornithologist in both the [[Maluku Islands]] and [[New Guinea]]; director of the [[Canterbury Museum, Christchurch|Canterbury Museum]] in New Zealand for three years
* [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]] (1776–1862), fur trader who was employed by the [[North West Company]] and charted much of what is now the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]; built the area's first trading ports; explored the 854-mile [[Fraser River]]
* [[George Glas]] (1725–1765), adventurer, merchant and seaman who traded between [[Brazil]], the [[Canary Islands]] and north-western Africa
* [[Sandy Glen|Sir Alexander Richard Glen]] (1912–2004), explorer of the Arctic, and wartime intelligence officer
* [[Robert Gordon of Straloch|Robert Gordon]] (1580–1661), antiquary, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and poet who created and revised many maps, including the first [[atlas]] of Scotland after being asked via a letter from [[Charles I of England|King Charles I of England]]
* [[James Augustus Grant]] (1827–1892), British Army Lieutenant who accompanied [[John Hanning Speke]] in the search and discovery of the source of the [[Nile|River Nile]]; the [[Grant's gazelle]] is named in his honour
* Sir [[James Hector]] (1834–1907), geologist, naturalist and surgeon on the [[Palliser Expedition]], the main goal of which was to find possible routes for the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]; went on to manage what is now the [[Royal Society of New Zealand]] for thirty-five years
* [[Isobel Wylie Hutchison]] (1889–1982), Arctic traveller and botanist
* [[Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879)|Alexander Keith Johnston]] (1844–1879), cartographer and geographer to a commission for the survey of [[Paraguay]]; died while leading the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'s expedition to [[Lake Malawi]]
* [[John Kirk (explorer)|John Kirk]] (1832–1922), botanist, naturalist and physician; British administrator in [[Zanzibar]]; supported the abolition of the slave trade along with his associate David Livingstone
* [[Alexander Gordon Laing]] (1793–1826), British Army Major who was the first [[Western culture|Westerner]] to discover the ancient city of [[Timbuktu]]
* [[Macgregor Laird]] (1808–1861), merchant and shipbuilder; pioneered British trade on the Niger River; his ship ''Sirius'' was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean run entirely on steam power; supported the abolition of the slave trade
* [[William Lithgow (traveller and author)|William Lithgow]] (1582–1645), alleged spy, traveller and writer who claimed to have peregrinated over 35,000 miles throughout various parts of the world
* [[David Livingstone]] (1813–1873), medical missionary and one of Africa's most celebrated explorers; discovered [[Victoria Falls, Zambia|Victoria Falls]], among other things; strongly opposed the slave trade; his meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley|H. M. Stanley]] gave rise to the quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
* [[Gregor MacGregor]] (1786–1845), adventurer, coloniser, land speculator and soldier who fought in South America during the [[Spanish American wars of independence]], before later helping to colonise parts of the continent
* [[John MacGregor (sportsman)|John MacGregor]] (1825–1892), artist, barrister, philanthropist and travel writer; descendant of [[Rob Roy MacGregor]]; developed [[canoe sailing]] and popularised [[canoeing]] as a recreational sport, paddling and sailing them in both Europe and the Middle East
* [[Alistair Mackay]] (1878–1914), doctor and polar explorer, one of the first expedition to reach the [[south magnetic pole]]
* Sir [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] (1764–1820), merchant who traced the 1,080-mile [[Mackenzie River]] and completed the first east to west overland crossing of the Americas (north of Mexico) to reach the Pacific Ocean; this predated the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] by a decade
* [[Harry McNish]] (1874–1930), carpenter on [[Ernest Shackleton|Sir Ernest Shackleton]]'s [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition|Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition]]; later responsible for much of the work that ensured the crew's survival after the ship was destroyed
* [[Archibald Menzies]] (1754–1852), botanist, naturalist and surgeon on the [[Vancouver Expedition]], which circumnavigated the globe, touched five continents and changed the course of history for the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American indigenous people]] and the continent's [[European colonization of the Americas|European colonisation]]
* Sir [[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Thomas Mitchell]] (1792–1855), British Army Lieutenant Colonel and surveyor in south-eastern [[Australia (continent)|Australia]] who became the [[Surveyor General of New South Wales]]; led several expeditions along the [[Darling River]] and beyond
* [[John Muir]] (1838–1914), author and naturalist whose conservation and preservation activism led to the creation of many [[national park]]s in the United States; founded the [[Sierra Club]] in California, one of the most important conservation organisations in America
* Sir [[John Murray (oceanographer)|John Murray]] (1841–1914), pioneering limnologist, marine biologist and oceanographer who assisted Charles Wyville Thomson on the [[Challenger expedition]]; first to note the existence of [[oceanic trench]]es, as well as the [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge|Mid–Atlantic Ridge]]
* [[W. H. Murray|William Hutchison Murray]] (1913–1996), mountaineer and writer who helped discover a route through the ice fields of [[Khumbu Glacier]] to the [[South Col]] of Mount Everest's summit, later used by Sir [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] [[Tenzing Norgay]] during their [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition|historic ascent]]
* [[Walter Oudney]] (1790–1824), physician and African explorer, one of the first Europeans to accomplish a north–south crossing of the [[Sahara Desert]]
* [[Mungo Park (explorer)|Mungo Park]] (1771–1806), botanist and surgeon who conducted many journeys to Africa and was the first Westerner to encounter the central portion of the Niger River
* [[William Paterson (explorer)|William Paterson]] (1755–1810), botanist, British Army Colonel and lieutenant governor, best known for leading early settlement in [[Tasmania]]
* [[John Rae (explorer)|John Rae]] (1813–1893), physician who explored Northern Canada, mainly surveying parts of the [[Northwest Passage]]; later reported the fate of the [[Franklin's lost expedition|lost Franklin Expedition]]
* Sir [[John Richardson (naturalist)|John Richardson]] (1787–1865), naturalist and naval surgeon; traveled with [[John Franklin|Sir John Franklin]] in search of the Northwest Passage on the [[Coppermine Expedition of 1819–1822]]; they later surveyed 1,878&nbsp;miles of previously unmapped coast and made many natural history discoveries
* Sir [[James Clark Ross]] (1800–1862), Royal Navy Admiral who led the first successful expedition to reach the [[north magnetic pole]]; discovered the [[Ross Sea]], [[Victoria Land]], and volcanoes [[Mount Erebus]] and [[Mount Terror (Antarctica)|Mount Terror]] in Antarctica
* Sir [[John Ross (Arctic explorer)|John Ross]] (1777–1856), Royal Navy Admiral who discovered the [[Boothia Peninsula]], the [[Gulf of Boothia]] and [[King William Island]] while exploring the Arctic
* [[John Ross (explorer)|John Ross]] (1817–1903), drover who explored deserts, mountain ranges and rivers in [[South Australia]], before later leading an expedition to establish a route for the [[Australian Overland Telegraph Line]]
* [[Alexander Selkirk]] (1676–1721), sailor who spent four years as a [[castaway]] after being [[Marooning|marooned]] on the [[Juan Fernández Islands]] off the coast of [[Chile]]; his story is the inspiration behind [[Daniel Defoe]]'s well-known character and novel ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''
* [[Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney|Henry Sinclair]] (c. 1345–c. 1400), nobleman rumoured to have explored [[Greenland]] and North America one hundred years before [[Christopher Columbus]]
* Sir [[James Stirling (Royal Navy officer)|James Stirling]] (1791–1865), colonial administrator and Royal Navy Admiral who established the [[Swan River Colony]] and became the first [[Governor of Western Australia]]
* [[John McDouall Stuart]] (1815–1866), surveyor and one of Australia's most famous explorers; led the first expedition to successfully traverse the continent from south to north and return
* Sir [[Charles Wyville Thomson]] (1830–1882), marine zoologist, natural historian and the chief scientist on the pioneering Challenger Expedition, which lay the foundation for modern [[oceanography]]
* [[Joseph Thomson (explorer)|Joseph Thomson]] (1858–1895), geologist and an important figure in the [[Scramble for Africa]]; headed many expeditions, including taking over one following the death of [[Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879)|Alexander Keith Johnston]]; the [[Thomson's gazelle]] is named in his honour
* [[Tom Weir]], MBE (1914–2006), author, broadcaster and climber who is best known for his long-running television series, ''Weir's Way'', which helped popularise [[hillwalking]] and the [[Wilderness|great outdoors]]
* [[Thomas Braidwood Wilson]] (c. 1792–1843), surgeon and explorer in Australia
* [[John Wood (explorer)|John Wood]] (1812–1871), cartographer, naval officer and surveyor who explored many [[List of the longest Asian rivers|Asian rivers]] and compiled several maps of South Asia, which remained standard for most of the 19th century
* Sir [[James Wordie]] (1889–1962), geologist, chief of scientific staff on [[Sir Ernest Shackleton]]'s Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition

==Humorists==<!-- This section is linked from [[List of Scots]] -->
* [[Stanley Baxter]] (born 1926)
* [[Danny Bhoy]] (born 1974)
* [[Frankie Boyle]] (born 1972)
* [[Rory Bremner]] (born 1961)
* [[Kevin Bridges]] (born 1986)
* [[Janet Brown]] (1924–2011)
* [[Fred Cairns]] (1857–1896)
* [[Susan Calman]]
* [[Rhona Cameron]] (born 1965)
* [[Stephen Carlin]]
* [[Des Clarke (comedian)|Des Clarke]]
* [[Alun Cochrane]] (born 1975)
* [[Billy Connolly]] (born 1942)
* [[Ronald Balfour Corbett]] (born 1930), known better as [[Ronnie Corbett]]
* [[Ivor Cutler]] (1923–2006)
* [[Karen Dunbar]] (born 1971)
* [[Craig Ferguson]] (born 1962)
* [[Gregor Fisher]] (born 1953), known better as the character [[Rab C. Nesbitt]]
* [[Rikki Fulton]] (1924–2004)
* [[George Gale (cartoonist)|George Gale]] (1929–2003), political cartoonist
* [[Graeme Garden]] (born 1943)
* [[Janey Godley]] (1961–2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Scottish comedian Janey Godley dies aged 63 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgxp3x1zx3o |website=BBC News |access-date=2 November 2024 |date=2 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[Greg Hemphill]] (born 1969)
* [[Craig Hill (comedian)|Craig Hill]]
* [[Armando Iannucci]] (born 1963)
* [[Phil Kay]]
* [[Ford Kiernan]] (born 1962)
* [[Harry Lauder]] (1870–1950)
* [[David Law (cartoonist)|David Law]] (1908–1971), cartoonist
* [[Limmy|Brian Limond]] (born 1974)
* [[Jimmy Logan]] (1928–2001)
* [[Fred MacAulay]] (born 1956)
* [[Doon Mackichan]] (born 1962)
* [[Chic Murray]] (1919–1985)
* [[Jerry Sadowitz]] (born 1961)
* [[Iain Stirling]] (born 1988)
* [[Ian Tough]] (born 1947), one half of [[The Krankies]]
* [[Janette Tough]] (born 1947), A.K.A. [[The Krankies|Wee Jimmy Krankie]]
* [[Danny Wallace (humorist)|Danny Wallace]] (born 1976)
* [[ Kristoper Young [menace to society at swords and Motherwell, in fact most of Scotland and uk. He wasn’t born, he was created in a space vacuum.

==Military==
{{See also|List of Scottish Victoria Cross recipients}}
* [[James Abercrombie (British Army general)|General James Abercrombie]] (1706–1781), British Army commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the [[French and Indian War]]
* [[Sir James Abercrombie, 1st Baronet]] of Edinburgh (died 1724), British Army officer and politician
* [[Ralph Anstruther|Major Sir Ralph Anstruther, 7th Baronet]] (1921–2002), British Army officer and courtier, awarded the [[Military Cross]]
* [[Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott|Major General Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott]] (1897–1966), senior British Army officer, serving in both [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]
* [[William Baillie (soldier)|William Baillie]], professional soldier in Swedish and Scottish [[Covenanters|Covenanter]] service
* [[Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet|General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet]] (1757–1829), military leader
* [[Gilbert Balfour]], 16th-century mercenary captain, probably having a leading role in the murder of [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley|Lord Darnley]]
* [[Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly]], Russian field marshal and minister of war during Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and War of the Sixth Coalition
* [[Andrew Barton (privateer)|Sir Andrew Barton]] (c. 1466–1511), sailor from Leith, served as High Admiral of the Kingdom of Scotland
* King [[Robert the Bruce]] (1274–1329), Scotland's hero king and greatest warrior 
* [[Calgacus]]
* [[Donald Cameron of Lochiel]] (c. 1700–1748), [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] commander during the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|1745 rising]]
* [[Richard Cameron (religious leader)|Richard Cameron]] (c. 1648–1680), Republican [[Covenanter]] and founder of the "Cameronians"
* [[Agnes Campbell|Lady Agnes Campbell]] (1526–1601), military leader in Ireland
* [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde]] (1792–1863)
* [[Cailean Mór|Sir Colin Campbell]] (died 1296), warrior of [[Clan Campbell]]
* [[Sandy Campbell (GC)|Sandy Campbell]] (1898–1940), second lieutenant in the [[Royal Engineers]], 9th [[Bomb Disposal]] Company; awarded the George Cross
* [[Alexander Cochrane|Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane]] (1758–1832), senior Royal Navy commander during the Napoleonic Wars, achieving the rank of admiral
* [[Archibald Cochrane (Royal Navy officer)|Captain Archibald Cochrane]] (1783–1829), Royal Navy officer
* [[Hugh Stewart Cochrane|Colonel Hugh Stewart Cochrane]] (1829–1884), recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions during the [[Indian Mutiny]]
* [[Ralph Cochrane|Air Chief Marshal the Honourable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane]] (1895–1977), pilot and Royal Air Force officer
* [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald]] (1775–1860), Admiral in the [[Royal Navy]]
* [[Thomas John Cochrane|Sir Thomas John Cochrane]] (1789–1872), [[Royal Navy]] [[First Sea Lord]]
* [[Ninian Cockburn]] (died 1579), soldier, officer of the [[Garde Écossaise]], political intriguer
* [[Samuel Cockburn (mercenary leader)|Major General Samuel Cockburn]] (or Cobron) (c. 1574–1621), soldier in the service of Sweden
* [[James Henry Craig|General Sir James Henry Craig]] (1748–1812), British military officer and colonial administrator
* [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[Alan Cunningham|Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham]] (1887–1983), British Army officer
* [[Admiral of the Fleet]] [[Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope|Andrew Cunningham]], 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), admiral of the World War II, brother of Alan
* [[James Currie (physician)|James Currie]] (1756–1805), biographer of [[Robert Burns]], early advocate of [[hydropathy]]
* [[Mark John Currie]] (1795–1874), explorer, founder settler of [[Western Australia]], Admiral in the Royal Navy
* [[John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair|Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair]] (1673–1747), soldier and diplomat, commander at the [[Battle of Dettingen]]
* [[Tam Dalyell of the Binns]] (1615–1685), general
* [[Archibald Douglas (died 1333)|Sir Archibald Douglas]] (c. 1298–1333), Regent of Scotland and leader of Scots forces at the [[Battle of Halidon Hill]]
* [[James Douglas, Lord of Douglas|Sir James Douglas]] (c. 1287–1329), Warden of the Scottish Marches, military leader
* [[Hugh Dowding|Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding]] (1882–1970), [[Air Officer Commanding]] [[RAF Fighter Command]] during the [[Battle of Britain]]
* [[George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith]] (1746–1823), admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars
* [[William George Keith Elphinstone|Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone]] (1782–1842), British Army officer
* [[Tony Fasson|Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson]], (1913–1942), Royal Navy officer, posthumously awarded George Cross, who captured codebooks vital to breaking the [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] cipher
* [[Adam Ferguson (soldier)|Sir Adam Ferguson]] (1771–1855), keeper of the [[regalia]] in Scotland
* [[John Forbes (General)|John Forbes]] (1707–1759), general
* [[Douglas Ford (GC)|Captain Douglas Ford]] (1918–1943), Royal Scots officer, prisoner of war, awarded the George Cross
* [[Gregor Fraser]], Pipe Major, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
* [[Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat|Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat]] (1911–1995), prominent [[British Commando]] during the World War II
* [[Matthew Frew|Air Vice Marshal Sir Matthew Brown Frew]] (1895–1974), senior officer in the Royal Air Force and World War I flying ace
* [[James Gordon (Royal Navy officer)|Sir James Alexander Gordon]] (1782–1869), distinguished British officer in the [[Royal Navy]]
* [[Patrick Gordon|Patrick Leopold Gordon of Auchleuchries]] (1635–1699), general and rear admiral in Russia
* [[James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose]] (1612–1650), Covenanter and Royalist leader of Highland Armies
* [[John Graham, Viscount Dundee|John Graham, Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee]] (c. 1648–1689), [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] Highland Army leader
* General Sir [[Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch]] (1748–1843), leading Napoleonic general
* [[Aleksey Greig|Aleksey Samuilovich Greig]] (1775–1845), Russian admiral
* [[Samuel Greig]] (1736–1788), Russian admiral
* [[Douglas Haig]] (1861–1928), Commander of British Forces during World War I
* [[Aylmer Haldane|General Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane]] (1862–1950), senior British Army officer
* [[David Henderson (British Army officer)|Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson]] (1862–1921), British Army officer, authority on tactical intelligence, first commander of the [[Royal Flying Corps]], instrumental in establishing the [[Royal Air Force]]
* [[Ian Henderson (RAF officer)|Captain Ian Henry David Henderson]] (1896–1918), [[World War I flying ace]]
* [[Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne|General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne]] (1861–1929), World War I general
* [[James Innes (North Carolina)|James Innes]] (c. 1700–1759), military commander and political figure in the [[Province of North Carolina]]
* [[James John McLeod Innes]] (1830–1907), recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for action during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
* [[John Paul Jones]] (1747–1792), father of the American Navy
* [[Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven]] (1582–1661), general, soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish [[Covenanters|Covenanter]] service
* [[David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark]] (c. 1600–1682), cavalry officer and general in Swedish and Scottish [[Covenanters|Covenanter]] service
* [[Edward Loch, 2nd Baron Loch|Major-General Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch]] (1873–1942), senior British Army officer
* [[Granville Gower Loch]] (1813–1853), captain in the Royal Navy, killed in action in [[Myanmar|Burma]]
* [[Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch|Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch]] (1827–1900), soldier and colonial administrator
* [[Niall mac Cailein|Sir Niall mac Cailein]] (died 1316), (Neil Campbell), nobleman and warrior in the service of [[King Robert I of Scotland]]
* [[Alasdair Mac Colla]] (c. 1610–1647), Royalist soldier
* [[Rob Roy MacGregor]] (1671–1734)
* [[Hugh Mackay (general)|Hugh Mackay]] (c. 1640–1692), general who served during the Revolution of 1688
* [[Colin Mackenzie]] (c. 1754–1821), soldier in [[British Raj|British India]]
* [[Alexander Slidell MacKenzie]], U.S. Navy
* [[Ranald Slidell Mackenzie]], U.S. cavalryman
* [[Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean|General Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean]] (1848–1920), general, commander of the [[Moroccan Army]]
* [[Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet|Major-General Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet]] (1911–1996), soldier, writer and politician; reputed to be one of the men composing the compound of "Commando types" who inspired the Ian Fleming character James Bond
* [[Sam McDonald]] (1762–1802), "Big Sam", [[fencible]]s and [[gatekeeper]] for the [[Prince of Wales]], noted for his unusual height
* [[Archie McKellar]] (1912–1940), Battle of Britain ace pilot
* [[Hugh Mercer]] (1726–1777), [[Continental Army]] general, fatally wounded at the [[Battle of Princeton]]
* [[Bill Millin]] (1922–2010), personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
* [[Robert Monro]] (died c. 1680), general
* [[Richard Montgomery]], Continental Army
* [[Graham Moore (Royal Navy officer)|Admiral Sir Graham Moore]] (1764–1843), career officer in the Royal Navy, brother of Sir John Moore
* [[John Moore (British Army officer)|Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore]] (1761–1809), general, victor of the [[Battle of Corunna]]
* [[Andrew Moray]] (died 1297), military leader during the [[Scottish Wars of Independence]]
* [[Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray]] (c. 1278–1332), fought with King Robert I and James Lord of Douglas to regain Scotland's independence 
* [[Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer)|Admiral Sir Charles John Napier]] (1786–1860), naval officer and MP
* [[Ian Napier|Captain Ian Patrick Robert Napier]] (1895–1977), World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories
* [[William Napier, 9th Lord Napier]] (1786–1834), Royal Navy officer, politician and diplomat
* [[John Pitcairn]] (1722–1775), [[Royal marines|Marine]] officer, killed at the [[battle of Bunker Hill]]
* [[John Reid (British Army officer)|John Reid]] (1721–1807), British general and musical composer, who left a bequest to fund a chair in Music at the University of Edinburgh
* [[John Rennie (GC)|Acting Sergeant John Rennie]] (1920–1943), posthumously awarded the George Cross
* [[Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness]] (1906–1965), British brigadier, 1st [[Commander of the Sri Lanka Army]]
* [[James Shaw Kennedy|Sir James Shaw Kennedy]] (1788–1865), general and military writer
* [[John Small (British Army officer)|John Small]] (died 1796), British Army officer and Lieutenant-Governor of [[Guernsey]]
* [[John Small (British Army medical officer)|Dr John Small]] (1823–1879), British Deputy Surgeon General
* [[James Dunlop Smith]] (1858–1921), official in the Indian Army
* [[Somerled]] (died 1164), 12th-century warlord
* [[David Stirling|Sir David Stirling]] (1915–1990), British Army colonel and founder of the [[Special Air Service]]
* Sir [[James Stirling (Australian Governor)|James Stirling]] (1791–1865), 1st governor of Western Australia, admiral in the Royal Navy
* [[Lord Stirling]], American Revolutionary War General
* [[Prince Charles Edward Stuart]] (1720–1788), Jacobite field marshal and heir to the throne of Great Britain
* [[John Urry (soldier)|Sir John Urry (or Hurry)]] (died 1650), professional soldier
* [[William Wallace]] (c. 1270–1305), a.k.a. ''The Wallace''
* [[Andrew Wood of Largo|Sir Andrew Wood of Largo]] (died 1515), sea captain and Lord High Admiral of Scotland

==Monarchs and royalty==
{{main|List of Scottish monarchs|List of kings of the Picts}}
{{See also|List of heirs to the Scottish throne|List of legendary kings of Scotland|List of Scottish royal consorts|List of Scottish royal mistresses}}

==Musicians==
{{main|List of Scottish musicians}}

==Philosophers==
* [[John Abercrombie (physician)|John Abercrombie]] (1780–1844)
* [[John Anderson (natural philosopher)|John Anderson]] (1726–1796), philosopher, radical and benefactor of [[University of Strathclyde|Anderson's Institution]]
* [[John Anderson (philosopher)|John Anderson]] (1893–1962)
* [[Alexander Bain (philosopher)|Alexander Bain]] (1818–1903), philosopher and educationalist
* [[Hector Boece]] (1465–1536), known in Latin as Boethius, first Principal of [[King's College, Aberdeen|King's College]] in Aberdeen
* [[H. Bricmore]] (fl. 14th century), [[scholastic philosopher]]
* [[Thomas Brown (philosopher)|Thomas Brown]] (1778–1820)
* [[Thomas Carlyle]] (1795–1881)
* [[William Cleghorn]] (1718–1754), philosopher
* [[Adam Ferguson]] (1723–1816)
* Sir [[Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet|William Hamilton]] (1788–1888)
* [[Henry Home, Lord Kames]] (1696–1782)
* [[David Hume]] (1711–1776), inspired [[Immanuel Kant]] (himself of Scottish Heritage through his mother)
* [[Alasdair MacIntyre]] (born 1929)
* [[John Macmurray]] (1891–1976)
* [[John Major (philosopher)|John Mair]], otherwise known as ''Major'' (1467–1550), teacher of [[George Buchanan (humanist)|George Buchanan]], [[John Knox]], and influencer of [[John Calvin|Calvin]] and [[Ignatius of Loyola|Loyola]]
* [[William Manderstown]] (c. 1485–1552), philosopher and [[Rector of the University of Paris]]
* [[James McCosh]] (1811–1894)
* [[Thomas Reid]] (1710–1796), played an integral role in the [[Scottish Enlightenment]]
* [[Duns Scotus]] (1265–1308), teacher of [[William of Ockham]]
* [[William Small]] (1734–1775), Professor of [[Natural Philosophy]] at the [[College of William and Mary]] and member of the [[Lunar Society]]
* [[Adam Smith]] (1723–1790), economist, free trade, division of labour
* [[Dugald Stewart]] (1753–1828), common sense philosopher

==Physicians and medical professionals==
* [[David Abercromby]] (died c.1702), physician and writer
* [[Francis Adams (translator)|Francis Adams]] (1796–1861), medical doctor and translator of [[Greek medicine|Greek medical works]]
* [[John Adamson (physician)|Dr John Adamson]] (1809–1870), physician, pioneer photographer, physicist, lecturer and museum curator
* [[James Ormiston Affleck]] (1840–1922), physician and medical author
* [[Margaret F. Alexander|Margaret Forbes Alexander]] (living), nurse, educator, researcher and writer
* [[William Pulteney Alison]] (1790–1859), physician, social reformer and philanthropist
* [[John Maxwell Anderson]] (1928–1982), surgeon and cancer specialist
* [[Thomas McCall Anderson|Sir Thomas McCall Anderson]] (1836–1908), professor of practice of medicine at the University of Glasgow
* [[Archibald Arnott]] (1772–1855), British Army surgeon best remembered as Napoleon's last doctor on [[Saint Helena|St. Helena]]
* [[Asher Asher]] (1837–1889), first [[History of the Jews in Scotland|Scottish Jew]] to enter the medical profession
* [[Matthew Baillie]] (1761–1823), physician and [[pathologist]]
* [[Dugald Baird|Sir Dugald Baird]] (1899–1986), specializing in obstetrics and fertility
* [[Andrew Balfour|Sir Andrew Balfour]] (1873–1931), medical officer who specialised in [[tropical medicine]]
* [[Edward Balfour]] (1813–1889), surgeon, [[Oriental studies|orientalist]] and pioneering environmentalist in India
* [[George William Balfour]] (1823–1903), physician, known as a heart specialist
* [[Thomas Graham Balfour]] (1813–1891), physician noted for his work in [[medical statistics]]
* [[Sir George Ballingall]] (1780–1855), [[Regius Professor]] of [[military surgery]]
* [[William Mitchell Banks]] (1842–1904), surgeon
* [[William Burney Bannerman|Major General William Burney Bannerman]] (1858–1924), [[military medicine|military surgeon]]
* [[Andrew Whyte Barclay]] (1817–1884), physician, [[Lumleian Lecturer]], and [[Harveian Orator]]
* [[George Steward Beatson]] (died 1874), surgeon-general, Honorary [[Physician to the Queen]]
* [[George Beatson|Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson]] (1848–1933), physician, pioneer in the field of oncology
* [[William Beattie (physician)|William Beattie]] (1793–1875), physician and writer
* [[James Begbie]] (1798–1869), physician, president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh and of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
* [[James Warburton Begbie]] (1826–1876), physician
* [[Benjamin Bell]] of Hunthill (1749–1806), considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon
* [[Sir Charles Bell]] (1774–1842), surgeon, anatomist, neurologist and philosophical theologian
* [[John Bell (surgeon)|John Bell]] (1763–1820), anatomist and surgeon
* [[James Black (pharmacologist)|Sir James Whyte Black]] (1924–2010), physician and pharmacologist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[Emily Blair|Dame Emily Mathieson Blair]] (1892–1963), nurse, Matron-in-Chief of the [[Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service]] and the [[British Red Cross Society]]
* [[Gilbert Blane|Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield]] (1749–1834), physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy
* [[James Borthwick]] of [[Stow of Wedale|Stow]] (1615–1675), surgeon and first teacher of anatomy
* [[James Braid (surgeon)|James Braid]] (1795–1860), surgeon and "[[gentleman scientist]]", influential pioneer of [[hypnotism]] and [[hypnotherapy]]
* [[John Milne Bramwell]] (1852–1925), physician, surgeon and medical hypnotist
* [[William A. F. Browne]] (1805–1885), one of the most significant asylum doctors of the nineteenth century
* [[Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton]] (1844–1916), physician known for treatment of [[angina pectoris]]
* [[William Buchan (physician)|William Buchan]] (1729–1805), physician, writer on medicine for a lay readership
* [[Maura Buchanan]] (living), nursing administrator, former president of the [[Royal College of Nursing]]
* [[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton]] (1762–1829), physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India
* [[Thomas Burnet (physician)|Sir Thomas Burnet]] (1638–1704), physician to Charles II, James II, William and Mary, and Queen Anne
* [[Ewan Cameron]] (1922–1991), physician who worked with [[Linus Pauling]] on [[Vitamin C]] research
* [[Murdoch Cameron]] (1847–1930), Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow
* [[Robina Thomson Cameron]] (1892–1971), district nurse, community leader and nursing inspector
* [[Dugald Campbell]] (died 1940), doctor from the isle of Arran; government physician on Hawaii
* [[James Cantlie|Sir James Cantlie]] (1851–1926), physician, pioneer of [[First aid]]
* [[John Cheyne (physician)|John Cheyne]] (1777–1836), physician, and medical writer; identified [[Cheyne–Stokes respiration]], with [[William Stokes (physician)|William Stokes]]
* [[Colin Chisholm (medical writer)|Colin Chisholm]] (1755–1825), surgeon, medical writer and Fellow of the Royal Society
* [[Mairi Chisholm|Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm]] (1896–1981), military nurse and ambulance driver during World War I, awarded the [[Military Medal]]
* [[Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet|Sir Robert Christison]] (1797–1882), toxicologist and physician 
* [[Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet|Sir James Clark]] (1788–1870), physician who was [[Physician-in-Ordinary]] to Queen Victoria 
* [[Hugh Cleghorn (forester)|Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn]] of Stravithie (1820–1895), physician, botanist, and [[forester]] who worked in India
* [[Thomas Clouston (psychiatrist)|Sir Thomas Smith Clouston]] (1840–1915), psychiatrist
* [[Samuel Cockburn (physician and homeopath)|Dr Samuel Cockburn]] (1823–1915), advocate and practitioner of [[homeopathy]]
* [[John Coldstream]] (1806–1863), physician
* [[James Copland (physician)|James Copland]] (1791–1870), physician and prolific medical writer
* [[John Craig (physician)|John Craig]] (died 1620), physician and astronomer; physician to [[James VI of Scotland]]
* [[David Craigie]] (1793–1866), physician and medical writer
* [[Alexander Crichton|Sir Alexander Crichton]] (1763–1856), physician, including the [[Emperor of Russia]]'s personal physician, and author
* [[James Crichton-Browne|Sir James Crichton-Browne]] (1840–1938), leading psychiatrist and medical psychologist
* [[William Cumin (obstetrician)|William Cumin]] (died 1854), Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow
* [[David Douglas Cunningham]] (1843–1914), doctor and researcher in India, pioneer in [[aerobiology]]
* [[Daniel John Cunningham]] (1850–1909), physician, zoologist, and anatomist; author of medical textbooks
* [[David Deas (Royal Navy officer)|Sir David Deas]] (1807–1876), medical officer in the Royal Navy
* [[Ian Donald]] (1910–1987), physician, pioneer of the use of [[Medical ultrasonography|diagnostic ultrasound]] in medicine
* [[David Dumbreck|Sir David Dumbreck]] (1805–1876), British Army medical officer
* [[Andrew Duncan, the elder|Andrew Duncan]], the elder (1744–1828), physician, professor at Edinburgh University, pioneer of [[forensic medicine]]
* [[Andrew Duncan, the younger|Andrew Duncan]], the younger (1773–1832), physician, first professor of [[medical jurisprudence]] at Edinburgh University
* [[James Matthews Duncan]] (1826–1890), physician, practitioner of and author on [[obstetrics]]
* [[William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn]] (1889–1964), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, central figure in the development of the [[object relations theory]] of psychoanalysis
* [[Sir Walter Farquhar, 1st Baronet|Sir Walter Farquhar]] (1738–1819), physician, whose clientele included the future [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]] and [[William Pitt the Younger]]
* [[William Fergusson (physician)|William Fergusson]] (1773–1846), inspector-general of military hospitals; medical writer
* [[Charles Finnigan]] (1901–1967), dental surgeon, Surgeon [[Rear-Admiral]] in the Royal Navy, Honorary Dental Surgeon to [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]]
* [[James Forbes (hospital inspector)|James Forbes]] (1779–1837), inspector-general of army hospitals
* [[George Fordyce]] (1736–1802), physician, lecturer on medicine, and chemist
* [[William Fordyce|Sir William Fordyce]] (1724–1792), physician, voted a gold medal for his work on [[rhubarb]] by the [[Society of Arts]]
* [[David Kennedy Fraser]] (1888–1962), psychologist, educator and amateur mathematician
* [[Margaret Neill Fraser]] (1880–1915), First World War nurse and notable amateur golfer, who died in [[Serbia]]
* [[John Gairdner]] (1790–1876), physician and president of the [[College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]]
* [[Sir William Tennant Gairdner]] (1824–1907), Professor of Medicine in the University of Glasgow
* [[Maxwell Garthshore]] (1732–1812), physician
* [[Marion Gilchrist (doctor)|Marion Gilchrist]] (1864–1952), first female graduate of the University of Glasgow; first woman to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university; leading activist in [[Women's suffrage]] movement
* [[Theodore Gordon (British Army officer)|Theodore Gordon]] (1786–1845), inspector of army hospitals
* [[Robert Edmond Grant]] (1793–1874), physician and biologist
* [[James Gregory (physician)|James Gregory]] (1753–1821), physician and [[classicist]]
* [[Jane Stocks Greig]] (1872–1939), medical doctor and public health specialist in Australia
* [[Robert Marcus Gunn]] (1850–1909), ophthalmologist
* [[Daniel Rutherford Haldane]] (1824–1887), prominent physician, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
* [[Evelina Haverfield]] (1867–1920), [[suffragette]] and World War I nurse in [[Serbia]]
* [[Alexander Henderson (physician)|Alexander Henderson]] (1780–1863), physician and author
* [[David Henderson (psychiatrist)|David Kennedy Henderson]] (1884–1965), psychiatrist
* [[James Hodsdon|Sir James William Beeman Hodsdon]] (1858–1928) eminent surgeon, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1914–1917
* [[Thomas Charles Hope]] (1766–1844), physician and chemist, discoverer of the element [[strontium]]
* [[Joseph Hume]] (1777–1855), physician and [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]] MP
* [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]] (1728–1793), surgeon, after whom the [[Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons]] is named
* [[Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet of Thurle|Sir Robert Hutchison]] (1871–1960), physician and [[paediatrician]]
* [[Elsie Inglis]] (1864–1917), medical reformer and suffragette
* [[John Scott Inkster]], (1924–2011) [[Anesthesia|anesthesiologist]]
* [[Robert Jackson (surgeon)|Robert Jackson]] (1750–1827), physician-surgeon, reformer, and inspector-general of army hospitals
* [[Louisa Jordan]] (1878–1915), nurse who died in [[Serbia]] during the [[First World War]]; [[NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital]] was named after her
* [[James Keill]] (1673–1719), physician, philosopher, medical writer and translator
* [[John Martin Munro Kerr]] (1868–1960), [[Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Glasgow)|Regius Professor of Midwifery]] at the University of Glasgow
* [[R. D. Laing]] (1927–1989), psychiatrist and author
* [[Thomas Latta]] (1796–1833), pioneer of the saline solution method of treatment
* [[John Lauder (surgeon)|John Lauder]] (1683–1737), surgeon, deacon of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]]
* [[Robert Lee (obstetrician)|Robert Lee]] (1793–1877), obstetrician, and personal physician to Prince [[Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov]], Governor-General of the [[Crimea]]
* [[William Boog Leishman|Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman]] (1865–1926), pathologist and army medical officer
* [[John Liddell (Royal Navy officer)|Sir John Liddell]] (1794–1868), Director-General of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy; senior medical officer of the [[Old Royal Naval College|Royal Hospital]] at Greenwich
* [[James Lind]] (1716–1794), physician, pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy
* [[Henry Littlejohn (surgeon born 1826)|Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn]] (1826–1914), surgeon, forensic scientist and public health pioneer
* [[Robert Lumsden]] (1903–1973), ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon
* [[William Macewen|Sir William Macewen]] (1848–1924), surgeon, pioneer in modern brain surgery
* [[Jessie MacLaren MacGregor]] (1863–1906), one of the first women to be awarded an MD from the University of Edinburgh
* [[William Mackenzie (ophthalmologist)|William Mackenzie]] (1791–1868), ophthalmologist, who wrote one of the first British textbooks of ophthalmology
* [[William Alexander Mackinnon (1830–1897)|Sir William Alexander Mackinnon]] (1830–1897), [[Director General Army Medical Services|Director-General of the British Army Medical Service]]
* [[Thomas John MacLagan]] (1838–1903), Dundee doctor and pharmacologist
* [[Sir Patrick Manson|Patrick Manson]] (1844–1922), physician who made important discoveries in [[parasitology]], founder of the field of [[tropical medicine]]
* [[Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall]] (1837–1910), physician, one of the members of the [[Edinburgh Seven]], the first women to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh
* [[Douglas Mary McKain]] (1789–1873), New Zealand nurse, midwife and businesswoman
* [[Agnes McLaren]] (1837–1913), doctor, first to give medical assistance to women in India 
* [[Gavin Milroy]] (1805–1886), physician and medical writer
* [[Alexander Monteith (surgeon)|Alexander Monteith of Auldcathie]] (1660–1713), surgeon, deacon of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh|Incorporation of Surgeons of Edinburgh]]
* [[Neil Gordon Munro]] (1863–1942), physician and anthropologist, who studied the [[Ainu people]]
* [[Flora Murray]] (1869–1923), medical pioneer, and a member of the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] suffragettes
* [[Robin Murray|Sir Robin MacGregor Murray]] (born 1944), psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatric Research
* [[Duncan Napier]], Victorian botanist and medical [[herbalism|herbalist]]]
* [[Bruce M. Nicol|Bruce Milligan Nicol, OBE]] (1913-1987), physician and nutrition scientist
* [[Alexander Nisbet (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Alexander Nisbet]] (1795–1874), naval surgeon, H.M. Inspector of Hospitals for the Royal Navy
* [[William Nisbet (physician)|William Nisbet]] (1759–1822), physician, author of widely used medical books that emphasized practice
* [[Alexander Ogston|Sir Alexander Ogston]] (1844–1929), surgeon, famous for his discovery of [[Staphylococcus]]
* [[Alexander Pennycuik]] (1605–1695), military surgeon, Surgeon General of the Scots forces in Ireland
* [[David Pitcairn]] (1749–1809), physician
* [[Archibald Pitcairne]] (1652–1713), physician and author
* [[Richard Poole (physician)|Richard Poole]] (1783–1871), physician, psychiatrist, and phrenologist
* [[George Hogarth Pringle]] (1830–1872), surgeon, pioneer of antiseptic surgery in Australia
* [[John James Pringle]] (1855–1922), dermatologist
* [[Laidlaw Purves]] (1842–1917), aural and ophthalmic surgeon
* [[John Rattray (surgeon)|John Rattray]] (1707–1771), surgeon, surgeon to [[Prince Charles Edward Stuart]] and golfer
* [[David Boswell Reid]] (1805–1863), physician, chemist and inventor
* [[Agnes Reston]] (1771–1856), wartime nurse during the [[Peninsular War]], known as the Heroine of Matagorda, for her outstanding bravery
* [[John Roberton (1776)|John Roberton]] (1776–1840), physician and social reformer
* [[John Roberton (1797)|John Roberton]] (1797–1876), physician and social reformer
* [[Thomas Ferguson Rodger]] (1907–1978), physician, [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] brigadier, and Professor of [[Psychological Medicine]]
* [[Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross]] (1878–1915), physician who worked in [[Iran|Persia]], and died in Serbia
* [[Catherine Roy|Catherine Murray Roy]], military nurse during World War I, awarded the [[Military Medal]] for conspicuous gallantry
* [[John Rutherford (physician)|John Rutherford]] (1695–1779), physician and professor at the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School]]; grandfather of [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]]
* [[Helenus Scott]] (1760–1821), physician, active in India
* [[Lyall Stuart Scott]] (1920–1977), surgeon and urologist
* [[Thomas Shortt]] (1788–1843), army physician, who drafted [[Napoleon]]'s official autopsy report
* [[James Young Simpson]] (1811–1870), introduced chloroform into surgery
* [[David Skae]] (1814–1873), physician who specialised in psychological medicine
* [[Alexander Small]] (1710–1794), surgeon and scholar
* [[John Smith (dentist)|John Smith]] (1825–1910), dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator, founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry
* [[James Carmichael Smyth (physician)|James Carmichael Smyth]] (1741–1821), physician and medical writer
* [[William Somerville (physician)|William Somerville]] (1771–1860), physician, inspector of the Army Medical Board, husband of [[Mary Somerville]]
* [[James Syme]] (1799–1870), pioneering surgeon
* [[Michael Waistell Taylor]] (1824–1892), physician and antiquary
* [[Thomas Stewart Traill]] (1781–1862), physician, chemist, mineralogist, meteorologist, zoologist and scholar of [[medical jurisprudence]]
* [[Gordon Turnbull]], psychiatrist and author
* [[Andrew Ure]] (1778–1857), physician, scholar and [[chemist]]
* [[Charles Howard Usher]] (1865–1942), ophthalmologist
* [[James Wardrop]] (1782–1869), surgeon and ophthalmologist
* [[Robert Watt (bibliographer)|Robert Watt]] (1774–1819), physician and bibliographer
* [[Alexander Allan Innes Wedderburn]] (9 May 1935 – 23 February 2017), psychologist and emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Heriot-Watt University.
* [[David Wilkie (surgeon)|Sir David Wilkie]] (1882–1938), surgeon, pioneer of surgical research and undergraduate teaching
* [[Robert Willis (physician)|Robert Willis]] (1799–1878), physician, librarian, and medical historian
* [[James Wilson (anatomist)|James Wilson]] (1765–1821), anatomist
* [[Nairn Wilson|Professor Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson]] (born 1950), Honorary Professor of Dentistry, former Dean and Head of King's College London Dental Institute
* [[Alexander Wood (surgeon)|Alexander Wood]] (1725–1807), surgeon, and friend of the poet Robert Burns
* [[Alexander Wood (physician)|Alexander Wood]] (1817–1884), physician, inventor of the first true [[hypodermic syringe]]
* [[John McLeod (surgeon)]] (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1777 – 1820), naval surgeon and travel writer

==Rulers and politicians==
{{See also|Lists of MPs for constituencies in Scotland}}
* [[Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet]] (1766–1829), [[Lord Provost]] of Edinburgh and [[Lord Lieutenant]] of the City of Edinburgh
* [[James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline]] (1776–1858), barrister and [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] between 1835 and 1839
* [[Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet]] (1793–1849), politician and prominent promoter of [[Sunday Sabbatarianism]]
* [[James Alexander (lawyer)|James Alexander]] (1691–1756), [[attorney general]] of [[New Jersey]]<ref name="Marquis 1607–1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago |year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[John Baird (revolutionary)|John Baird]] (1790–1820), revolutionary
* [[Robert Barton of Over Barnton]] (died 1540), merchant, sailor and politician; as [[Comptroller of the Household|Comptroller]], [[Master of the Mint]] and [[Lord High Treasurer]]
* [[David Beaton|Cardinal David Beaton]] (c. 1494–1546)
* [[James Beaton|Dr. James Beaton]] (1473–1539), church leader, and the [[Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland]]
* [[Robert Duncan Bell|Sir Robert Duncan Bell]] (1878–1953), colonial administrator in India; Acting Governor of Bombay in 1937
* [[Tony Blair]] (born 1953), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (1997–2007)
* [[Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux]] (1778–1868), statesman, one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review, Lord Chancellor
* [[Gordon Brown]] (born 1951), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (2007–2010)
* [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce]], (1838–1922), academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician
* [[Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman]] (1836–1908), statesman, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905–1908)
* [[Alexander Chalmers (mayor of Warsaw)|Alexander Chalmers]] ([[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Aleksander Czamer'') (1645–1703), four time mayor of [[Warsaw]]
* [[Charles I of England|Charles I of Scotland and of England]] (1625–1649)
* [[Hugh Cleghorn (colonial administrator)|Sir Hugh Cleghorn]] (1752–1837), first colonial secretary to [[British Ceylon|Ceylon]]
* [[Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston|Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston]] (1656–1735), administrator, politician and judge
* [[Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet]] (1802–1880), lawyer, politician and judge, [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]]
* [[Archibald Cockburn]] (c. 1738–1820), politician
* [[John Cockburn of Ormiston]] (died 1583), early supporter of the Scottish Reformation
* [[John Cockburn (Scottish politician)|John Cockburn of Ormiston]] (died 1758), politician, known as the father of Scottish husbandry
* [[Richard Cockburn of Clerkington|Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington]] (died 1627), senior government official, [[Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland]]
* [[James Connolly]] (1868–1916), Irish socialist leader, executed by firing squad following the [[Easter Rising]]
* [[John Crawfurd]] (1783–1868), colonial administrator, diplomat, physician and author
* [[Dubacan of Angus]] (fl 10th century), first  named [[mormaer]], [[Earl of Angus|Mormaer of Angus]]
* [[Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham]] ("Don Roberto") (1852–1936), first socialist Member of Parliament (MP)
* [[Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet]] (1799–1875)
* [[James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair]] (1619–1695), lawyer and statesman
* [[John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair]], [[Secretary of State over Scotland]], implicated in the [[Massacre of Glencoe]]
* [[Tam Dalyell]] (1932–2017), British Labour politician
* [[Ian Davidson (Scottish politician)|Ian Davidson]] (born 1950), [[Labour Co-operative]] politician
* [[Ruth Davidson]] (born 1978), leader of the [[Scottish Conservative Party]] since 2011
* [[Donald Dewar]] (1937–2000), former [[First Minister of Scotland]]
* [[Robert Dinwiddie]] (1693–1770), Lieutenant-Governor of [[Virginia]] 1751–1758
* [[James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton]] (1525–1581), Regent of Scotland
* [[Alec Douglas-Home]] (1903–1995), [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Prime minister of the United Kingdom]]
* [[Iain Duncan Smith]] (born 1954), leader of the Conservative party
* [[Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville]] (1742–1811), advocate and Tory politician
* [[Mountstuart Elphinstone]] (1779–1859), statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India
* [[William Elphinstone]] (1431–1514), statesman, [[Bishop of Aberdeen]] and founder of the [[University of Aberdeen]]
* [[Alex Fergusson (politician)|Alex Fergusson]] (1949–2018), third [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]]
* [[Andrew Fletcher (politician)|Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun]] (1653–1716)
* [[Archibald Fletcher (reformer)|Archibald Fletcher]] (1746–1828), political reformer
* [[Liam Fox]] (born 1961), Conservative politician
* [[George Galloway]] (born 1954), [[Respect Party]]
* [[Annabel Goldie]] (born 1950), former leader of the [[Scottish Conservative Party]]
* [[Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg]] (1778–1866), politician and colonial administrator
* [[Robert Grant (MP)|Sir Robert Grant]] (1779–1838), lawyer and politician
* [[Iain Gray]] (born 1957), [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician
* [[Jo Grimond]] (1913–1993), Liberal Party leader from 1956 to 1967
* [[James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran]] (1516–1575), Regent of Scotland
* [[Andrew Hardie (radical)|Andrew Hardie]] (died 1820), revolutionary
* [[Keir Hardie]] (1856–1915)
* [[Patrick Harvie]] (born 1973), co-convenor of the [[Scottish Greens]] since 2003
* [[Alexander Henderson (theologian)|Alexander Henderson]] (c. 1583–1646), theologian, ecclesiastical statesman and co-author of the [[National Covenant]]
* [[David B. Henderson]] (1840–1906), politician and [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] from 1899 to 1903
* [[Hugh Henry]] (born 1952), Scottish Labour politician
* [[Francis Horner]] (1778–1817), Whig politician, journalist, lawyer and political economist
* [[James IV of Scotland|King James IV]] (1473–1513)
* [[James I of England|James VI of Scotland and I of England]] (1603–1625)
* [[Archibald Johnston]], Lord Warriston (1611–1663), judge, statesman and co-author of the National Covenant
* [[James Johnston (Secretary of State)|James Johnston]] (1655–1737), envoy extraordinary to Prussia, Secretary of State over Scotland, and [[Lord Clerk Register]]
* [[Charles Kennedy]] (1959–2015), leader of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] 1999–2006
* [[William Kirkcaldy of Grange|Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange]] (c. 1520–1573), politician and soldier, who held [[Edinburgh Castle]] on behalf of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]
* [[Johann Lamont]] (born 1957), leader of the [[Scottish Labour Party]] since 2011
* [[John Loughton]] (born 1987), political campaigner and winner of reality show [[Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack]] in 2008
* [[John Lyon, Lord of Glamis|Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis]] (c1340–1382), Chamberlain of Scotland between 1377 and 1382
* [[Arthur MacArthur, Sr.]] Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Gen. [[Douglas MacArthur]]
* [[Macbeth of Scotland]] (c. 1005–1057), High King of Scotland
* [[John MacCormick]] (1904–1961), nationalist
* [[John A. Macdonald]] (1815–1891), first [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
* [[Malcolm MacDonald]] (1901–1981)
* [[Ramsay MacDonald]] (1866–1937), [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
* [[Ken Macintosh]] (born 1962), fifth [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]]
* [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]] (1822–1892), second [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
* [[John P Mackintosh]] (1929–1978), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP, Politics Professor at [[Edinburgh University]] and proponent of [[devolution]]
* [[John Maclean MA|John MacLean]] (1879–1923), revolutionary
* [[Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus]] (fl 13th century), mormaer of Angus c.1214-1240; last of the male line with that title
* [[Tricia Marwick]] (born 1953), fourth [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]]
* [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] (1542–1587)
* [[James Maxton|Jimmy Maxton]] (1885–1946), leader of the [[Independent Labour Party]]
* [[Jack McConnell]] (born 1960), [[First Minister of Scotland]] (2001–2007)
* [[Christina McKelvie]] (born 1968), [[Scottish National Party]]
* [[William McKinley]] (1843–1901), US President
* [[Henry McLeish]] (born 1948), former [[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]]
* [[Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay]] (1793–1874), advocate, judge and Tory politician
* [[George Mealmaker]] (1768–1808), radical organiser and writer
* [[Thomas Muir of Huntershill|Thomas Muir]] (1765–1799), political reformer
* [[John Murdoch (editor)|John Murdoch]] (1818–1903), land reform campaigner, newspaper owner and editor 
* [[Jim Murphy]] (born 1967), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
* [[Robert Dale Owen]] (1801–1877), American social reformer and politician
* [[Jerry Rawlings]] (born 1947), former president of [[Ghana]]; partly of Scottish descent
* [[George Reid (Scottish politician)|George Reid]] (born 1939), second [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]] 2003–2007 
* [[Jimmy Reid]] (1932–2010), trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist
* [[Willie Rennie]] (born 1967), leader of the [[Scottish Liberal Democrats]] since 2011
* [[Alex Salmond]] (born 1954), former [[First Minister of Scotland]] (2007–14) and former leader of the [[Scottish National Party]]
* [[John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit|Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit]] (1585–1670), laird, advocate, judge, politician and author
* [[Tavish Scott]] (born 1956), former leader of the [[Scottish Liberal Democrats]]
* [[Tommy Sheridan]] (born 1964), [[Solidarity (Scotland)|Solidarity]]
* [[Jim Sillars]] (born 1937), founder of [[Scottish Labour Party (1976)|Scottish Labour Party]], MP
* [[Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso]] (1890–1970), Liberal Party leader from 1935 to 1945
* [[William Skirving]] (c. 1745–1796), radical
* [[Ian Smith]] (1919–2007), [[Prime Minister of Rhodesia|Prime Minister]] of [[Rhodesia]]
* [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]] (1938–1994), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader
* [[David Steel]] (born 1938), Liberal Party leader from 1976 to 1988, first [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]]
* [[Nicol Stephen]] (born 1960), former leader of the [[Scottish Liberal Democrats]]
* [[Nicola Sturgeon]] (born 1970), [[First Minister of Scotland]] (since 2014) and Leader of the [[Scottish National Party]]
* [[John Swinney]] (born 1964), [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) politician
* [[Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn]] (1733–1805), [[Lord Chancellor]] of Great Britain from 1793 to 1801
* [[William Wedderburn|Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet]] (1838–1918), civil servant in India and politician
* [[Eliza Wigham|Elizabeth (Eliza) Wigham]] (1820–1899), leading suffragist and abolitionist
* [[Jane Wigham|Jane Wigham (née Smeal)]] (1801–1888), leading Scottish abolitionist
* [[James Wilson (revolutionary)|James Wilson]] (1760–1820), revolutionary
* [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]] (1742–1798), one of the [[Founding Fathers of the United States]], signatory of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]
* [[Robert Crichton Wyllie]] (1798–1865), physician and businessman, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]

==Scientists==
{{Main|List of Scottish scientists}}

==Sportspeople==
{{See also|List of Scottish rugby union players|List of Scotland national rugby union players|List of Scotland national cricket captains|List of Scotland women ODI cricketers}}
* [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] (born 1970), professional darts player
* [[Robert Archibald]] (1980–2020), first Scottish NBA player
* [[John Baird (footballer born 1870)|John Baird]] (1870–1905), footballer
* [[Imogen Bankier]] (born 1987), badminton player, winner of the national championships
* [[Alain Baxter]] (born 1973), alpine skier
* [[Jim Baxter]] (1939–2001), footballer
* [[Andy Beattie]] (1913–1983), professional football player and manager, the first manager of the Scottish national team
* [[Eric Brown (golfer)|Eric Brown]] (1925–1986), professional golfer
* [[Hamish Brown]] (born 1934), first person to walk all the [[Munro]]s in a single trip
* [[Kathryn Bryce]] (born 1997), [[cricket]]er in [[Scotland women's national cricket team]], first Scots cricketer in the top ten of the [[ICC Women's Player Rankings]]
* [[Sarah Bryce]] (born 2000), cricketer in Scotland women's national cricket team
* [[Ken Buchanan]] (born 1945), world champion boxer
* [[Euan Burton]] (born 1979), judo expert, who represented Great Britain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Half-Middleweight (under 81&nbsp;kg) Judo event
* Sir [[Matt Busby]] (1909–1994), former football manager, won the [[European Champion Clubs' Cup|European Cup]] in 1968
* [[John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute|John Bute]] (also known as Johnny Dumfries) (1958–2021), peer and racing driver, winner of the [[1988 24 Hours of Le Mans]]
* [[Willie Carson]] (born 1942), jockey
* [[Jim Clark (racing driver)|Jim Clark]] (1936–1968), [[Formula One]] driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/hall-of-fame/Jim_Clark.html|title=Jim Clark|publisher=Formula 1|access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref>
* [[John Cochrane (chess player)|John Cochrane]] (1798–1878), chess player
* [[Steph Cook]] (born 1972), [[modern pentathlete]], Olympic gold medallist
* [[Gillian Cooke]] (born 1982), athlete and bobsledder
* [[Davie Cooper]] (1956–1995), footballer
* [[Kay Copland]], sport shooter<ref>{{cite web |title=Scotland take shooting gold medal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9078829.stm |website=BBC Sporr |access-date=6 May 2020 |date=11 October 2010}}</ref>
* [[David Coulthard]] (born 1971), Formula One driver<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/heritage/driver/david-coulthard/|title=McLaren Racing – Heritage – David Coulthard|work=www.mclaren.com|access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Stevie Crawford]], professional football player and coach of [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.]]
* [[Kenny Dalglish]] (born 1951), retired footballer and former manager of [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[George Fairbairn (rugby league)|George Fairbairn]], professional [[rugby league]] footballer and Scotland coach
* [[Crawford Fairbrother]] (1936–1986), Olympic high jumper
* Sir [[Alex Ferguson]] (born 1941), retired footballer and former manager of [[Manchester United F.C.]]
* [[Darren Fletcher]] (born 1984), international footballer
* [[Ron Flockhart (racing driver)|Ron Flockhart]] (1923–1962), racing driver, twice winner of the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]
* [[David Florence]] (born 1982), [[Slalom canoeing|slalom canoeist]]
* [[Dario Franchitti]] (born 1973), Indy car driver
* [[Marino Franchitti]] (born 1978), [[American Le Mans]] driver
* [[Steve Frew]] (born 1973), gymnast, gold medallist in Commonwealth games 2002
* [[Adam Kelso Fulton]] (1929–1994), international rugby player
* [[Bernard Gallacher]] (born 1949), professional golfer
* [[Drew Galloway]] (born 1985), [[professional wrestler]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51408481|title=Drew McIntyre aiming to be Scotland's first WWE champion|website=bbc.com|access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Richie Gray (rugby union, born 1989)|Richie Gray]] (born 1989), rugby player
* [[Jack Grimmer]] (born 1994), footballer
* [[Wyndham Halswelle]] (1882–1915), Olympic champion runner
* [[Dougal Haston]] (1940–1977), mountaineer
* [[Joe Hendry (footballer)|Joe Hendry]] (1886–1966), footballer
* [[Stephen Hendry]] (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 time world champion
* [[John Higgins]] (born 1975), professional snooker player, three-time world champion
* [[Chris Hoy]] (born 1976), world, Olympic and [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth]] champion track cyclist
* [[Gerry Hughes (sailor)|Gerry Hughes]] (born 1958), sailor, first single-handed Atlantic crossing by a deaf person
* [[Gary Jacobs (boxer)|Gary Jacobs]], Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) welterweight champion boxer<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FMYAAAAIAAJ&q=jewish+boxer+%22gary+jacobs%22 |author=Deborah Andrews |title=Annual Obituary, 1991 |isbn=1-55862-175-X |publisher=St. James Pr |year=1992 |access-date=3 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Johnstone]] (1944–2006), football player
* [[George Kerr (judoka)|George Kerr]] (born 1937), judo expert, winner of the 1957 gold medal in the [[European Judo Championships]]
* [[John Kerr (figure skater)|John Kerr]] (born 1980), [[ice dancing|ice dancer]]
* [[Sinead Kerr]] (born 1978), ice dancer
* [[Dominic Kinnear]] (born 1967), former soccer player, now the head coach of Houston Dynamo in [[Major League Soccer]]
* [[Billy Kirkwood]] (born 1958), football player
* [[Martin Laird]] (born 1982), golfer
* [[Denis Law]] (born 1940), football player
* [[Paul Lawrie]] (born 1969), golfer, winner 1999 [[The Open Championship|Open Championship]]
* [[Andrew Lemoncello]] (born 1982), long-distance runner
* [[Eric Liddell]] (1902–1945), athlete, one of the two subjects of ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
* [[Patricia Littlechild]] (born 1965), sport shooter<ref>{{cite web |title=SCOTTISH SMALLBORE RIFLE ASSOCIA |url=https://www.ssra.co.uk/hall-of-fame/littlechildp.htm |website=www.ssra.co.uk |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Jackie Lockhart]] (born 1965), curler, skip of Scotland team which won the 2002 world championships
* [[Sandy Lyle]] (born 1958), golfer, winner of 1985 [[The Open Championship|Open Championship]] and 1988 [[Masters Tournament]]
* [[Benny Lynch]] (1913–1946), world champion boxer
* [[Hamish MacInnes]] (1930–2020), mountaineer
* [[Craig MacLean]] (born 1971), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
* [[Shona Marshall]], sport shooter<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Marshall &#124; Commonwealth Games Federation |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/51866 |website=thecgf.com |access-date=1 March 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301165914/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/51866 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Rhona Martin]] (born 1966), curler, Olympic gold medallist
* [[Catriona Matthew]] (born 1969), golfer
* [[Ally McCoist]] (born 1962), football player
* [[Robert S. McCoig|Robert McCoig]] (1937–1998) badminton player. 
* [[James McFadden]] (born 1983), footballer
* [[William McGregor (football)|William McGregor]] (1846–1911), founder of the [[Football League]] in England
* [[Neil McMenemy]], triple jumper
* [[Jackie McNamara]] (born 1973), footballer and manager
* [[Billy McNeill]] (born 1940), footballer and a manager of [[Celtic F.C.]]
* [[Allan McNish]] (born 1969), racing driver
* [[Colin McRae]] (1968–2007), world champion rally driver
* [[Dick McTaggart]] (born 1935), boxer
* [[Micky Mellon]] (born 1972), ex-footballer, football manager
* [[David Millar]] (born 1977), road cyclist
* [[Robert Millar]] (born 1958), professional cyclist, "King of the Mountains" in 1984 Tour de France
* [[Willie Miller]] (born 1955), international footballer and captain of [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] when they won the [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1983
* [[Colin Montgomerie]] (born 1963), golfer, winner of [[European Tour Order of Merit]] a record 8 times
* [[Janice Moodie]] (born 1973), golfer
* [[Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet|Hugh Munro]] (1856–1919), mountaineer, known for his list of mountains
* [[Bernard Murphy (footballer)|Bernard Murphy]] (born 18??), footballer
* [[Andy Murray]] (born 1987), tennis player, singles, Wimbledon winner 2013, 2016 gentleman's singles, 2012 Olympic Champion, men's singles, US Open champion 2012, men's singles.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.scottishroots.com/people/andymurray.php|title=Scottish Roots People – Andy Murray|work=www.scottishroots.com|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Jamie Murray]] (born 1986), tennis player, doubles, Wimbledon winner 2007 mixed doubles
* [[Steve Nicol]] (born 1961), footballer, most notably of [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[Peter Niven (jockey)|Peter Niven]] (born 19??), jockey
* [[Graeme Obree]] (born 1965), world record holding cyclist
* [[Stewart Pitt]] (born 1968), [[Slalom canoeing|slalom canoeist]]
* [[Graeme Randall]] (born 1975), judo expert, [[World Judo Championships]] gold medallist
* [[Shirley Robertson]] (born 1968), sailor and Olympic gold medallist
* [[Bill Shankly]] (1913–1981), one of [[Liverpool F.C.]]'s most successful managers
* [[Graeme Souness]] (born 1953), football player and manager
* [[Ian Stark]] (born 1954), equestrian
* [[Jock Stein]] (1922–1985), football manager, won the European Cup with Celtic F.C.
* Sir [[Jackie Stewart]] (born 1939), world champion Formula One driver
* [[Frederick Guthrie Tait]] (1870–1900), amateur golfer and soldier
* [[Bobby Thomson]] (1923–2010), Scots-born American baseball player
* [[Sam Torrance]] (born 1953), golfer
* [[Lawrence Tynes]] (born 1978), Scots-born kicker for the [[New York Giants]] and [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
* [[Steven Vidler (judoka)|Steven Vidler]] (born 1977), middleweight judo expert, [[Commonwealth Games]] bronze medallist
* [[Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)|Andrew Watson]] (1856–1921), world's first black international football player, captain and administrator
* [[Jim Watt (boxer)|Jim Watt]] (born 1948), world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
* [[Harry Weld-Forester]] (born 1981), cricketer
* [[David Wilkie (swimmer)|David Wilkie]] (born 1954), swimmer
* [[Jocky Wilson]] (1950–2012), world professional darts champion in 1982 and 1989
* [[Mike Zagorski]] (born 1979), cyclist

==Television and radio personalities==
* [[Kaye Adams (presenter)|Kaye Adams]] (born 1962)
* [[Ronni Ancona]] (born 1968)
* [[Dougie Anderson]] (born 1976)
* [[Fiona Armstrong]] (born 1956)
* [[Jackie Bird]] (born 1962)
* [[Edith Bowman]] (born 1975)
* [[Frankie Boyle]] (born 1972), comedian
* [[Gordon Buchanan]] (born 1972), wildlife filmmaker
* [[Bryan Burnett]], television and radio presenter
* [[Nicky Campbell]] (born 1962)
* [[Kelly Cates]] (born 1975)
* [[Kate Copstick]]
* [[Stuart Cosgrove]] (born 1952)
* [[Tam Cowan]] (born 1969)
* [[Cat Cubie]] (born 1981)
* [[Romana D'Annunzio]] (born 1972)
* [[Jim Delahunt]]
* [[Dominik Diamond]] (born 1969)
* [[Jack Docherty]] (born 1962)
* [[John Dunn (radio presenter)|John Dunn]] (1934–2004), radio presenter
* [[Kieron Elliot]]
* [[Jenni Falconer]] (born 1976)
* [[Craig Ferguson]] (born 1962)
* [[Tommy Flanagan (actor)|Tommy Flanagan]] (born 1965)
* [[Sandy Gall]] (born 1927)
* [[Kirsty Gallacher]] (born 1976)
* [[George Galloway]] (born 1954)
* [[Graeme Garden]] (born 1943)
* [[Muriel Gray]] (born 1959), journalist
* [[Amanda Hamilton]] (born 1974)
* [[Sarah Heaney]] (born 1971)
* [[Stuart Henry (DJ)|Stuart Henry]] (1942–1995), disc jockey
* [[Mikey Hughes]] (born 1974)
* [[Hazel Irvine]] (born 1965)
* [[Stephen Jardine]] (born 1963)
* [[Alan Johnston]] (born 1962), journalist
* [[Nicci Jolly]] (born 1981)
* [[Lorraine Kelly]] (born 1959)
* [[Fiona Kennedy]]
* [[Ross King (presenter)|Ross King]] (born 1961)
* [[John Leslie (television presenter)|John Leslie]] (born 1965)
* [[Viv Lumsden]] (born 1952)
* [[Fred MacAulay]] (born 1956)
* [[Cathy MacDonald]]
* [[Phil MacHugh]] (born 1985)
* [[Sarah Mack]] (born 1973)
* [[John MacKay (journalist)|John MacKay]]
* [[Aggie MacKenzie]] (born 1955)
* [[Sally Magnusson]] (born 1955)
* [[Eddie Mair]] (born 1965)
* [[Andrew Marr]] (born 1959)
* [[Colin McAllister]] (born 1968)
* [[Ian McCaskill]] (1938–2016)
* [[Scottie McClue]] (born 1956)
* [[Sheena McDonald]] (born 1954)
* [[Gail McGrane]] (born 1975)
* [[Paul McGuire (television host)|Paul McGuire]]
* [[Gillian McKeith]] (born 1959)
* [[Andrea McLean]] (born 1969)
* [[Rhona McLeod]]
* [[Michelle McManus]] (born 1980)
* [[Cameron McNeish]]
* [[Aasmah Mir]] (born 1971)
* [[Paul Mitchell (broadcaster)|Paul Mitchell]] (born 1968)
* [[Arthur Montford]] (1929–2014)
* [[Nick Nairn]] (born 1959), celebrity chef
* [[Shereen Nanjiani]] (born 1961)
* [[Neil Oliver]] (born 1967)
* [[Dawn O'Porter|Dawn Porter]] (born 1979)
* [[Gail Porter]] (born 1971)
* [[Angus Purden]] (born 1974)
* [[Judith Ralston]]
* [[Gordon Ramsay]] (born 1966), celebrity chef
* [[Heather Reid]] (born 1969)
* [[Fyfe Robertson]] (1902–1987)
* [[Tom Russell (DJ)|Tom Russell]] (born 1948)
* [[Justin Ryan]] (born 1967)
* [[Isla St Clair]] (born 1952)
* [[Catriona Shearer]] (born 1981)
* [[Angus Simpson]]
* [[Carol Smillie]] (born 1961)
* [[Sarah Smith (news reporter)|Sarah Smith]] (born 1968)
* [[Iain Stirling]] (born 1988)
* [[Grant Stott]]
* [[Cameron Stout]] (born 1971)
* [[Heather Suttie]]
* [[Brian Taylor (journalist)|Brian Taylor]] (born 1955)
* [[Bill Torrance]] (born 1946)
* [[Alison Walker]] (born 1963)
* [[Kirsty Wark]] (born 1955), journalist
* [[Tom Weir]] (1914–2006)
* [[Jim White (presenter)|Jim White]]
* [[Kirsty Young]] (born 1968)

==Theologians, pastors and missionaries==
{{See also|List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland|Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church}}
* [[David Laird Adams]] (1837–1892), minister and  academic, professor of [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Languages of Asia|oriental languages]] at the University of Edinburgh.
* [[Patrick Adamson]], 16th-century [[Archbishop of St Andrews]]
* [[William Menzies Alexander|Reverend William Menzies Alexander]] (1858–1929), medical and theological writer, Professor of Divinity
* [[Tom Allan (minister)|Tom Allan]] (died 1965), minister and evangelist, pioneer of practical church outreach in social work, primarily in the city of Glasgow
* [[Charles Arbuthnot (abbot)|Charles Arbuthnot]] (1737–1820), Scottish abbot of the [[Scots Monastery, Regensburg]]
* [[George Baird (minister)|George Husband Baird]] (1761–1840), minister, educational reformer, linguist and [[Principal of the University of Edinburgh]]
* [[Donald Macpherson Baillie]] (1887–1954), theologian, [[Ecumenism|ecumenist]], and parish minister
* [[John Baillie (theologian)|John Baillie]] (1886–1960), theologian and Church of Scotland minister
* [[James Bannerman (theologian)|James Bannerman]], (1807–1868), [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] theologian
* [[William Barclay (theologian)|William Barclay]] (1907–1978), author, Church of Scotland minister, [[Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism]] at the University of Glasgow
* [[James Barr (biblical scholar)|James Barr]] (1924–2006)
* [[John Blackadder (preacher)|John Blackadder]] (c. 1622–1685), eminent Presbyterian Covenanter preacher
* [[Robert Blackadder]] (d. 1508), first [[archbishop of Glasgow]] 
* [[Hugh Blair]] (1718–1800), minister of religion, author and rhetorician
* [[James Blair (Virginia)|James Blair]] (1656–1743), Church of England clergyman, missionary and founder of the [[College of William & Mary]], in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]]
* [[Robert Blair (minister)|Robert Blair]] (1837–1907), Church of Scotland minister
* [[David Bogue]] (1750–1825), nonconformist leader, and missionary to [[Penang]]
* [[Thomas Boston]] (1676–1732), pastor and theologian
* [[Claudius Buchanan]] (1766–1815), theologian, minister of the Church of England, and missionary to India
* [[William Chalmers Burns]] (1815–1868), revival preacher, missionary to China
* [[Richard Cameron (Covenanter)|Richard Cameron]] (c. 1648–1680), a leader of the Covenanters
* [[Andrew Cant (minister)|Andrew Cant]] (1590–1663), Presbyterian minister and leader of the Covenanters
* [[Alexander Carlyle|Very Rev Alexander Carlyle]] (1722–1805), church leader, and autobiographer
* [[James Chalmers (missionary)|James Chalmers]] (1841–1901), missionary, active in [[New Guinea]]
* [[Dugald Christie (missionary)|Dugald Christie]] (1855–1936), medical missionary in [[Mukden]], China
* [[William Robinson Clark]] (1829–1912), Dean of Taunton and later professor in Toronto
* [[Thomas Richardson Colledge]] (1796–1879), medical missionary in China, founder and first president of the [[Medical Missionary Society of China]]
* [[Dan Crawford (missionary)|Daniel "Dan" Crawford]] (1870–1926), known as 'Konga Vantu', missionary of the Plymouth Brethren in central-southern Africa
* [[William Cunningham (theologian)|William Cunningham]] (1805–1861), leading Free Church pastor and professor
* [[David Dickson (minister)|David Dickson]] (c. 1583–1663), theologian and Covenanter
* [[David Dickson the Younger|David Dickson]] (1780–1842), minister and writer
* [[John Dudgeon]] (1837–1901), doctor, surgeon, translator, and medical missionary
* [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Rev Alexander Duff]] (1806–1878), first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India
* [[Ebenezer Erskine]] (1680–1754), minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church
* [[Ralph Erskine (preacher)|Ralph Erskine]] (1685–1752), preacher and poet
* [[Andrew Martin Fairbairn]] (1838–1912), theological scholar, principal of [[Mansfield College, Oxford]]
* [[Patrick Fairbairn]] (1805–1874), minister and theologian
* [[Henry Faulds]] (1843–1930), missionary to Japan, physician, and scientist noted for the development of [[fingerprint]]ing
* [[Alexander Penrose Forbes]] (1817–1875)
* [[George Hay Forbes]] (1821–1875), priest of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]], founder of the [[Pitsligo Press]]
* [[John Forbes (friar)|John Forbes]] (1571–1606), [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] friar, known as Father Archangel
* [[Peter Taylor Forsyth]] (1848–1921), theologian, principal of [[New College London|Hackney College, London]]
* [[James Frazer]] (1854–1941), anthropologist of comparative religion and myth
* [[Alexander Geddes]] (1737–1802), theologian and scholar
* [[Alexander Gerard]] (1728–1795), minister, academic and philosophical writer
* [[John George Govan]] (1861–1927), founder of the [[Faith Mission]]
* [[Patrick Graham (bishop)|Patrick Graham]] (d. 1478), first [[Archbishop of St Andrews]]
* [[Daniel Gunn (minister)|Daniel Gunn]] (1774–1848), Scottish [[congregational]] minister, latterly in [[Christchurch, Hampshire]]
* [[Thomas Guthrie]] (1803–1873), [[Anglicanism#Anglican divines|divine]] and philanthropist
* [[William Guthrie (minister)|William Guthrie]] (1620–1665), author of "The Christian's Great Interest"<ref>{{Cite web|title=William Guthrie – The Christian's Great Interest|url=http://www.covenantofgrace.com/christians_great_interest.htm|access-date=2020-09-03|website=www.covenantofgrace.com}}</ref>
* [[James Alexander Haldane]] (1768–1851), independent church leader
* [[Robert Haldane]] (1764–1842), missionary preacher and lecturer; wrote a commentary on Romans
* [[Patrick Hamilton (martyr)|Patrick Hamilton]] (1504–1528), first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1528
* [[William Hastie]] (1842–1903), clergyman, theologian and translator of the [[Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven]] by [[Immanuel Kant]]
* [[Alexander Henderson (theologian)|Alexander Henderson]] (1583–1646)
* [[James Hog]] (c. 1658–1734), minister at [[Carnock]], known for his role in the [[Marrow controversy]] within the Church of Scotland
* [[Richard Holloway]] (born 1933)
* [[William Irvine (Scottish evangelist)|William Irvine]] (1863–1947), evangelist and founder of the [[Cooneyite]] and [[Two by Twos|Two by Two]] sects
* [[Robert Reid Kalley]] (1809–1888), physician and Presbyterian missionary notable for work in Portuguese-speaking territories
* Dr John Kennedy (1819–1884), Highland preacher, author of ''Days of the Fathers in Ross-shire''
* [[John Knox]] (c. 1513–1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation
* [[Thomas Leishman]] (1825–1904), minister and liturgical scholar
* [[David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose]] (1440–1495), first Scottish non-royal duke, [[Lord High Admiral of Scotland]], [[Master of the Royal Household of Scotland]], [[Great Chamberlain]] and [[Justiciar]]
* [[David Livingstone]] (1813–1873), missionary and explorer in Africa
* [[Alexander Murdoch Mackay|Alexander Mackay]] (1849–1890), Presbyterian missionary to Uganda
* [[Hugh Martin (minister, born 1822)|Hugh Martin]] (1822–1885), pastor and writer
* [[Matilda, Countess of Angus]], (fl. 13th century), heiress of [[Maol Choluim, Earl of Angus|Maol Choluim]], countess in her own right
* [[Robert Murray M'Cheyne]] (1813–1843), minister of the Gospel, missionary to the Jewish people
* [[Thomas M'Crie the Elder]] (1772–1835), pastor and historian (wrote the 'Life of John Knox')
* [[William Milligan]] (1821–1892), theologian, professor at the University of Aberdeen
* [[Robert Moffat (missionary)|Robert Moffat]] (1795–1883), missionary to Africa
* [[Saint Mungo]] (also known as Saint Kentigern) (d. 614)
* [[John Murray (theologian)|John Murray]] (1898–1975), Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister
* [[George Newlands]]
* [[John Gibson Paton|John Paton]] (1824–1907), Protestant missionary to the [[New Hebrides Islands]] of the South Pacific
* [[Alexander Peden]] (1626–1686), leading figures in the Covenanter movement
* [[William Pettigrew (missionary)|William Pettigrew]] (1869–1943), missionary to the [[Tangkhul Naga people|Tangkhul Naga]]
* [[John Philip (missionary)|Dr John Philip]] (1775–1851), missionary in South Africa
* [[Robert Pont]] (or Kylpont) (1524–1606), reformer, [[Senator of the College of Justice|lord of session]], minister in Edinburgh and St. Andrews
* [[Norman Walker Porteous|The Revd Professor Norman Walker Porteous]] (1898–2003), translator of the Bible
* [[Andrew Purves]] (born 1946), theologian
* [[James Renwick (Covenanter)|James Renwick]] (1662–1688), covenanter and martyr
* [[Samuel Rutherford]] (c. 1600–1661), Presbyterian pastor, theologian and author, one of the Scottish Commissioners to the [[Westminster Assembly]]
* [[Duns Scotus|John Duns Scotus]] (c. 1266–1308)
* [[James Sharp (bishop)|James Sharp]] (1613–1679), assassinated [[Archbishop of St Andrews]]
* [[John Simson]] (c. 1668–1740), [[New Licht]] theologian, involved in a long investigation for [[heresy]]
* [[Mary Slessor]] (1848–1915), missionary and advocate for women's rights
* [[George Washington Sprott]] (1829–1909), minister and liturgical scholar
* [[George Thomson (botanist)|George Thomson]] (1819–1878), missionary and botanist in [[Cameroon]]
* [[Thomas Torrance]] (1871–1959), missionary to China
* [[Thomas F. Torrance]] (1913–2007), theologian
* [[James Wedderburn (bishop)|James Wedderburn]] (1585–1639), [[bishop of Dunblane]], grandson of the poet [[James Wedderburn (poet)|James Wedderburn]]
* [[John Welsh of Ayr]] (1568–1622), pastor exiled for faithful preaching; son-in-law to John Knox
* [[John Willock]] (c. 1515–1585), Protestant reformer
* [[George Wishart]] (1513–1546), Protestant reformer and martyr

==Writers==
{{Main|List of Scottish writers}}
{{See also|List of Scottish novelists}}
{{See also|List of Scottish dramatists}}
{{See also|List of Scottish poets}}
{{See also|List of Scottish short story writers}}

==Other notable people==
{{See also|List of Scottish Jews}}
* [[John Adair (surveyor)|John Adair]] (c. 1655–1722), surveyor and cartographer
* [[Hely Hutchinson Almond|Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond]] (1832–1903), educator and rugby union promoter
* [[Jane Arthur]] (1827–1907), feminist and activist
* [[David Barclay (Quaker)|Col. David Barclay]] (1610–1686), 1st Laird of Urie, a convert to [[Quakerism]]
* [[Robert Barclay]] (1648–1690), Quaker, governor of the [[East Jersey]] colony
* [[Andrew Bell (educationalist)|Andrew Bell]] (1753–1832), developer of the [[Monitorial system|Madras system of education]]
* [[Harry Benson]] (born 1929), celebrity and pop culture photographer
* [[John Boyd (milliner)|John Boyd]] (1925–2018), [[milliner]] based in London
* [[James Braidwood (firefighter)|James Braidwood]] (1800–1861), founder of the world's first municipal [[Fire department|fire service]] in Edinburgh in 1824, and first director of the [[London Fire Brigade|London Fire Engine Establishment]]
* [[Thomas Braidwood]] (1715–1806), teacher of the deaf
* [[John Brown (servant)|John Brown]] (1826–1883), servant of [[Queen Victoria]]
* [[John Brown (Covenanter)|John Brown]] (1627–1685), [[Covenanter]] martyr
* [[Kenn Burke]], ballet dancer
* [[John Cairncross]] (1913–1995), [[intelligence officer]] and spy during [[World War II]], alleged to be the fifth member of the [[Cambridge Five]]
* [[Charles Cameron (magician)|Charles Cameron]] (1927–2001), magician, godfather of bizarre magic
* [[Ajahn Candasiri]] (born 1947), Theravāda Buddhist nun who co-founded [[Chithurst Buddhist Monastery]]
* [[Michael Caton-Jones]] (born 1957), film director
* [[William Chambers (milliner)|William Chambers]] (born 1979), award-winning hat designer
* [[Walter Chepman]] (fl. c. 1500), merchant, notary and civil servant; in partnership with Androw Myllar in Scotland's first printing press
* [[Mary Crudelius]] (née Maclean, 1839–1877), campaigner for women's education, and a supporter of women's suffrage
* [[Alexander Cruden]] (1699–1770), compiler of an early concordance to the Bible
* [[John Skene, Lord Curriehill|Lord Curriehill]] (1549–1617), prosecutor, ambassador, and judge
* [[Alexander Dalrymple]] (1737–1808), geographer and the first [[Hydrographer of the Navy|Hydrographer]] of the British Admiralty
* [[James Dawson (activist)|James Dawson]] (1806–1900), prominent champion of [[Australian Aborigines]]' interests
* [[Dervorguilla of Galloway]] (c. 1210–1290), a 'lady of substance' in 13th-century Scotland, mother of [[John I of Scotland|king John I]] of Scotland, and founder of [[Sweetheart Abbey]]
* [[Alexander Donaldson (bookseller)|Alexander Donaldson]] (1727–1794), appellant in the copyright case, ''[[Donaldson v Beckett]]''; founder/publisher of the ''[[Edinburgh Advertiser]]''
* [[James Donaldson (publisher)|James Donaldson]] (1751–1830), publisher of the ''[[Edinburgh Advertiser]]''; founder of [[Donaldson's Hospital]]
* [[Bill Douglas]] (1934–1991), film director
* [[J. A. Dunbar-Dunbar|The Rev. John Archibald Dunbar-Dunbar]] (1849–1905), [[Philately|philatelist]], one of the "Fathers of Philately"
* [[Helen Duncan]] (1897–1956), last woman to be tried under the [[Witchcraft Act 1735]]
* [[William Dunlop (principal)|William Dunlop]] (c. 1654–1700), Covenanter, adventurer, and Principal of the University of Glasgow
* [[John Fairbairn (educator)|John Fairbairn]] (1794–1864), newspaper proprietor, educator, financier and politician of the [[Cape Colony]]
* [[David Ferrier|Sir David Ferrier]] (1843–1928), pioneering neurologist and psychologist
* [[Donald Findlay]] (born 1951)
* [[John Finlaison]] (1783–1860), first president of the [[Institute of Actuaries]]
* [[Alexander Kinloch Forbes]] (1821–1865), scholar of the [[Gujarati language]]
* [[William Forsyth (horticulturist)|William Forsyth]] (1737–1804), [[horticulturist]], founding member of the [[Royal Horticultural Society]], after whom the genus ''[[Forsythia]]'' is named
* [[John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall|Lord Fountainhall]] (1646–1722), one of Scotland's leading [[jurist]]s
* [[Alexander Yule Fraser]] (1857–1890), mathematician, one of the founders of the [[Edinburgh Mathematical Society]] 
* [[Jenny Geddes]] (c. 1600–c. 1660), market trader, threw a stool at the Dean of Edinburgh in protest against the new prayer book
* [[Sir Patrick Geddes|Patrick Geddes]] (1854–1932), biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner
* [[Andrew Gilchrist|Sir Andrew Gilchrist]] (1910–1993), diplomat
* [[Gilleasbaig of Menstrie]] (fl. 13th century), earliest attested member [[Clan Campbell|Campbell family]], father of Sir Colin Campbell
* [[Ewen Gillies]] (born 1825), serial emigrant and adventurer from St. Kilda, Scotland
* [[Anna Gordon (ballad collector)|Anna Gordon]] or Brown (1747–1810), ballad collector
* [[Robert Gordon of Straloch]] (1580–1661), cartographer, poet, mathematician, antiquary, and geographer
* [[Janet Gourlay]] (1863–1912) [[Egyptologist]], born in Glasgow
* [[Patrick Grant (designer)|Patrick Grant]] (born 1972), fashion designer
* [[Angelica Gray]] (born 1990), model
* [[Alasdair Hay|Alasdair George Hay]] (born 1961), first and current [[chief fire officer]] of the [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]]
* [[Robert Hay (Egyptologist)|Robert Hay]] (1799–1863), traveller, antiquarian, and Egyptologist
* [[Amanda Hendrick]] (born 1990), model
* [[William Vallance Douglas Hodge]] (1903–1975), mathematician, geometer
* [[Isobel Hoppar]] (born c. 1490), landowner, governess and political figure
* [[John Horrocks (fisherman)|John Horrocks]] (1816–1881), founder and innovator of modern European fly fishing
* [[Kirsty Hume]] (born 1976), model
* [[John Inch|Sir John Ritchie Inch]] (1911–1993), police officer, [[Chief Constable]] of [[Edinburgh City Police]]
* [[David Jones (video game developer)|David Jones]] (born 1966), [[game programmer|games programmer]] and entrepreneur, known for creating the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' video game franchise
* [[Princess Kaiulani Cleghorn of Hawaii]] (1876–1899), daughter of [[Archibald Scott Cleghorn|Archibald Cleghorn]] and [[Likelike|Princess Miriam Likelike]] (sister of Queen [[Liliuokalani|Lili'iuokalani]])
* [[Christopher Kane]] (born 1982), fashion designer
* [[James Kennedy (GC)|James Kennedy]] (1930–1973), security guard for [[British Rail Engineering Limited]], posthumously awarded the George Cross
* [[Mariote Ker]] ([[floruit]] 1529), Scottish burgess
* [[Simon Somerville Laurie]] (1829–1909), educator
* [[Mikhail Lermontov]], 19th-century Russian author of Scottish origin
* [[Hercules Linton]] (1837–1900), surveyor, designer, shipbuilder, antiquarian and local councillor, designer of the ''[[Cutty Sark]]''
* [[James Loch]] (1780–1855), economist, advocate, barrister, [[estate commissioner]]
* [[R. H. Bruce Lockhart|Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart]] (1887–1970), diplomat, journalist and [[secret agent]]
* [[Mary Lyon]] (1797–1849), first woman principal in America
* [[Flora Macaulay]] (1859–1958), editor of ''The Oban Times'' newspaper 
* [[Flora MacDonald (Scottish Jacobite)|Flora MacDonald]] (1722–1790), [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] and [[United Empire Loyalists|United Empire Loyalist]]
* [[Gillies MacKinnon]], film director, writer and painter
* [[Iain Macmillan]] (1938–2006), photographer, took the photograph for [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]''
* [[Jamie Macpherson]] (1675–1700), outlaw and author of MacPherson's Lament or Rant
* [[Sarah Mair|Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair]] (1846–1941), campaigner for women's education and women's suffrage
* [[Gary McKinnon]] (born 1966), computer hacker
* [[Lorna McNee]], chef
* [[Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield]] (1722–1799), advocate and judge
* [[James Murdoch (born 1856)|James Murdoch]] (1856–1921), journalist and teacher
* [[William McMaster Murdoch]] (1873–1912), [[Chief Mate|First Officer]] aboard the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]
* [[Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven]] (1903–1993), academic and Rector of [[Lincoln College, Oxford]]
* [[Androw Myllar]] (fl.1503–1508), first Scottish printer, in partnership with Walter Chepman
* [[Eunice Olumide]] (born 1987), model
* [[James Orrock]] (1829–1913), collector of art and Oriental ceramics
* [[Robert Paterson (stonemason)|Robert Paterson]] (1715–1801), stonemason, who suggested to [[Sir Walter Scott]] the character of "[[Old Mortality]]"
* [[Duncan Phyfe]] (1770–1854), United States most celebrated cabinetmaker
* [[Natalie Pike]] (born 1983), model
* [[James Pillans]] (1778–1864), classical scholar and educational reformer
* [[Allan Pinkerton]] (1819–1884), North American detective
* [[Timothy Pont]] (c. 1565–1614), cartographer and topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland
* [[John Charles Walsham Reith]] (1889–1971), first Director General of the [[BBC]]
* [[John Rennie (naval architect)|John Rennie]] (1842–1918), [[naval architect]], Naval Constructor and Instructor for the Chinese Government
* [[Jonathan Saunders]], fashion designer
* [[James Small (Scottish laird)|James Small]] (1835–1900), last laird of [[Dirnanean House|Dirnanean]]
* [[Archibald Smith]] (1813–1872), mathematician and lawyer
* [[W. S. E. Stephen|William Stewart Easton Stephen]] (1903–1975), philatelist
* [[Flora Stevenson]] (1839–1905), social reformer, interested in education
* [[Louisa Stevenson]] (1835–1908), campaigner for women's university education, women's suffrage and well-organised nursing
* [[Robert Leslie Stewart|Jock Stewart]] (1918–1989), [[executioner]]
* [[Charlotte Carmichael Stopes]] (1840–1929), author, and campaigner for women's rights
* [[Marie Stopes|Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes]] (1880–1958), author, [[Paleobotany|palaeobotanist]] and campaigner for [[eugenics]] and women's rights
* [[John Guthrie Tait]] (1861–1945), educator, principal of the [[Central College of Bangalore]], and sportsman
* [[Stella Tennant]] (born 1970), model 
* [[Mary Anne MacLeod Trump]] (1912–2000), philanthropist, mother of [[Donald Trump]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/03/mary-macleod-trump-donald-trump-mother-biography-mom-immigrant-scotland-215779|title=The Mystery of Mary Trump|last=Kruse|first=Michael|date=December 2017|publisher=[[Politico]]|access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref>
* [[John Thomson (photographer)|John Thomson]] (1837–1921), photographer
* [[James Tytler]] (1745–1804), apothecary, editor of the second edition of ''Encyclopædia Britannica''; first person in Britain to fly (by ascending in a hot air balloon)
* [[John Walker (natural historian)|John Walker]] (1731–1803), minister of religion, natural historian and professor
* [[Albert Watson (photographer)|Albert Watson]] (born 1942), fashion and celebrity photographer
* [[Alexander Wilson (photographer)|Alexander Wilson]] (d. 1922), noted amateur photographer, working in Dundee
* [[Margaret Wilson (Scottish martyr)|Margaret Wilson]] (c. 1667–1685), Covenanter martyr
* [[Roderick Wright]] (1940–2005), disgraced Catholic bishop

==See also==
{{Portal|Scotland}}
* [[Thomas Napier Thomson#The biographies and their sources in Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen (2nd edition) from Volume 9|Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen (1857)]]
* [[List of fictional Scots]]
* [[List of women Senators of the College of Justice]] 
* [[Scottish Diaspora]] 
* [[Scottish Americans]] 
* [[Scotch-Irish Americans]]
* [[Scottish Australians]] 
* [[Scottish Argentines]] 
* [[Scottish Brazilians]] 
* [[Scots-Quebecer]]
* [[Scottish Canadians]] 
* [[Scottish New Zealanders]]

==References==
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